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The plasma parameters and the emissivity of a ribbon electron beam source based on a discharge with an inhomogeneous extended hollow cathode are measured. A constriction in the cathode cavity increases the plasma density near the emitting area boundary, which adds to the electron current density in the beam. The reason for the above effect is the formation of the plasma density distribution nonuniform across the cavity with a maximum in the middle. This maximum is caused primarily by a plasma electron flow from the constriction, which is generated by the electric field and is directed toward a slit emission-extracting aperture.
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Original Russian Text © A.S. Klimov, Yu.A. Burachevsky, V.A. Burdovitsyn, E.M. Oks, 2008, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2008, Vol. 78, No. 4, pp. 43–46.
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Klimov, A.S., Burachevsky, Y.A., Burdovitsyn, V.A. et al. Inhomogeneous extended hollow cathode discharge for raising the current density in a forevacuum plasma source of a ribbon electron beam. Tech. Phys. 53, 432–435 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784208040063
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