Simple model of the rf noise generated by multipacting electrons
Journal article, 2014

A simplified analytical model is developed to predict the spectrum of electric current induced by the multipacting electrons between two parallel electrodes exposed to an rf voltage of fixed amplitude. The model is based on the resonant multipactor theory and makes it possible to calculate the relative spectral amplitudes of electric current at different harmonics and sub-harmonics of the applied rf frequency. The theoretical predictions are confirmed by numerical simulations of multipactor inside a rectangular waveguide. Specifically it is seen that the relative height of the spectral peaks decreases with increasing gap height.

Author

V. E. Semenov

Russian Academy of Sciences

E.I. Rakova

Russian Academy of Sciences

N. A. Zharova

Russian Academy of Sciences

Joel Rasch

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy

Dan Anderson

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy

J. Puech

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

0022-3727 (ISSN) 13616463 (eISSN)

Vol. 47 5 055206

Subject Categories

Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics

DOI

10.1088/0022-3727/47/5/055206

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