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We investigate the interaction of electromagnetic waves and electron beams in a 4 meters long traveling wave tube (TWT). The device is specially designed to simulate beam-plasma experiments without appreciable noise. This TWT presents an upgraded slow wave structure (SWS) that results in more precise measurements and makes new experiments possible. We introduce a theoretical model describing wave propagation through the SWS and validated by the experimental dispersion relation, impedance, phase and group velocities. We analyze nonlinear effects arising from the beam-wave interaction, such as the modulation of the electron beam and the wave growth and saturation process. When the beam current is low, the wave growth coefficient and saturation amplitude follow the linear theory predictions. However, for high values of current, nonlinear space charge effects become important and these parameters deviate from the linear predictions, tending to a constant value. After saturation, we also observe trapping of the beam electrons, which alters the wave amplitude along the TWT.
We propose a multi-particle self-consistent Hamiltonian (derived from an N-body description) that is applicable for periodic structures such as traveling-wave tubes (TWTs), gyrotrons, free-electron lasers, or particle accelerators. We build a 1D symp
To simulate traveling-wave tubes (TWTs) in time domain and more generally the wave-particle interaction in vacuum devices, we developed the DIscrete MOdel with HAmiltonian approach (dimoha) as an alternative to current particle-in-cell (PIC) and freq
The traveling-wave tube is a critical subsystem for satellite data transmission. Its role in the history of wireless communications and in the space conquest is significant, but largely ignored, even though the device remains widely used nowadays. Th
We discuss the envelope modulation assumption of frequency-domain models of traveling wave tubes (TWTs) and test its consistency with the Maxwell equations. We compare the predictions of usual frequency-domain models with those of a new time domain model of the TWT.
Data from the Van Allen Probes have provided the first extensive evidence of non-linear (as opposed to quasi-linear) wave-particle interactions in space with the associated rapid (fraction of a bounce period) electron acceleration to hundreds of keV