MECHANOTRON MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRON-BEAM ENERGY DEPOSITION IN A GAS-PHASE

A mechanotron pressure transducer was used for determination of the en ergy deposited by a pulsed electron beam in the surrounding gas phase under the conditions of nonuniform energy distribution in the working chamber. It is shown that the pressure jump detected by the mechanotro n is determined for the most part by the value of deposited energy and is weakly dependent on the ratio of the active (excited) and buffer v olumes, provided that the active volume is not less than half of the t otal chamber volume.