Session RP1 - Poster Session VIII.
POSTER session, Thursday afternoon, October 30
Fran Hill Southeast Exhibit Hall, ACC
Numerous microwave devices (such as magnetrons and sheet beam devices) utilize geometries which are invariant in one dimension. In order to minimize noise and beam loss, one seeks conditions under which two-dimensional laminar electron flows may exist in such devices. In this work, a non-relativistic fluid equilibrium theory for these electron flows is developed which takes into account self-fields, image fields from the electrodes, and externally imposed electric and magnetic fields. Several special cases are examined within the theory, including the Brillouin flow limit.