ION-ACCELERATION BY AN ELECTRON-BEAM WITH NEUTRAL GAS IONIZATION BY AN EXTERNAL SOURCE

Authors
KUCHEROV VI KURILKO VI OSTROVSKY AO
Citation
Vi. Kucherov et al., ION-ACCELERATION BY AN ELECTRON-BEAM WITH NEUTRAL GAS IONIZATION BY AN EXTERNAL SOURCE, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 354(2-3), 1995, pp. 175-181
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
354
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
175 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)354:2-3<175:IBAEWN>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The theoretical results for ion acceleration by a high current relativ istic electron beam (REB) at the neutral-gas ionization front are pres ented. For a significant increase in the ion energy it is necessary to control the drift velocity of the ionization front so that it is clos e to the synchronous particle velocity. The most feasible way for such a control is gas ionization by an external source moving in synchroni sm with the accelerated particles. This work is devoted to estimating the characteristics of such a source. The space-time distribution of a ccelerating field is also analyzed and the dynamics of accelerated ion bunch formation is studied.