Cerenkov radiation from bunched electron beams
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Authors
Neighbours, John Robert
Buskirk, Fred Ramon
Subjects
Cerenkov Radiation
Microwave Radiation
Bunched Electrons
Microwave Radiation
Bunched Electrons
Advisors
Date of Issue
1983-04
Date
1983-04
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Cerenkov radiation is calculated for electron beams which exceed the velocity of radiation in a non dispersive dielectric medium. The electron beam is assumed to be bunched as emitted from a travelling wave accelerator, and the emission region is assumed to be finite. Predictions include: emission at harmonics of the bunch rate; coherence of radiation at low frequencies; smearing of the emission angle for finite emission regions; and explicit evaluation of power spectrum in terms of bunch dimensions. The results apply to microwave emission from fast electrons in air or other dielectrics. (Author)
Type
Technical Report
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Department
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-61-83-003
Sponsors
Chief of Naval Research
Funder
62763N;RF68-342-800
N0001482WR20195
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Citation
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