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For the first time experimental data are obtained which indicate a stable relation between the microwave radiation intensity of a steady-state plasma accelerator and the rate of bulk erosion of the accelerating channel walls. The frequency range of the electromagnetic radiation corresponds to the excitation of a specific beam instability of the plasma flux at the edge of the accelerating channel, caused, in the opinion of the authors, by electron emission from the eroded part of the dielectric walls.
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Pis’ma Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 23, 37–41 (May 26, 1997)
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Brukhtii, V.I., Kirdyashev, K.P. Evolution of rf instability in a steady-state plasma accelerator. Tech. Phys. Lett. 23, 391–392 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1261691
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