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Electron dynamics and kinetics during the formation of a virtual cathode in different media

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Results are presented from the first systematic investigation of how various factors in material media influence electron kinetics during the formation of a virtual cathode in an overcritical-current electron beam. A study is made of such factors as the viscous frictional force acting on the electrons in the medium, the dielectric constant of the medium, and ionization processes induced by the electrons in the medium. The dynamics of formation of a virtual cathode and the kinetics of the so-called metastable electrons in the cathode are considered.

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  1. All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics, Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod oblast, 607188, Russia

    S. V. Dergunov, A. E. Dubinov, I. Yu. Kornilova, S. K. Saĭkov & V. D. Selemir

  2. Institute for High Energy Densities, Associated Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskaya ul. 13/19, Moscow, 125412, Russia

    V. P. Tarakanov

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Original Russian Text © S.V. Dergunov, A.E. Dubinov, I.Yu. Kornilova, S.K. Saĭkov, V.D. Selemir, V.P. Tarakanov, 2006, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 10–25.

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Dergunov, S.V., Dubinov, A.E., Kornilova, I.Y. et al. Electron dynamics and kinetics during the formation of a virtual cathode in different media. Plasma Phys. Rep. 32, 9–24 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X06010028

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