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Effect of the parameters of the plasma channel produced by a high-current relativistic electron beam in dense gaseous media on the beam transportation stability

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Results are presented from experimental studies of the time evolution of the plasma channel produced by a high-current electron beam (with an electron energy of E e = 1.1 MeV, a beam current of I b = 24 kA, and a pulse duration of t = 60 ns) in helium, nitrogen, neon, air, argon, krypton, xenon, and humid air (air: H2O) at pressures from 1 to 760 Torr. It is shown that, in gases characterized by a small ratio of the collision frequency to the gas ionization rate u i , the electron beam produces a broad high-conductivity plasma channel, such that R b/R p < 1, where R b and R p are the beam and channel radii, respectively. As a result, large-scale resistive hose instability is suppressed.

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Translated from Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 75, No. 3, 2005, pp. 67–73.

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Kondrat’ev, N.A., Smetanin, V.I. Effect of the parameters of the plasma channel produced by a high-current relativistic electron beam in dense gaseous media on the beam transportation stability. Tech. Phys. 50, 351–357 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1884736

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