WAves & beams

Intense Beam Theoretical Research

Our research encompasses a broad range of topics related to high-intensity charged particle beams. One area of research that we are currently investigating is that of periodically focused intense charged-particle beams, which is useful in the study of high-power microwave sources. We are also researching topics in chaos and coherent structures in beams, and in particular, we are analyzing the nonlinear dynamics of heavy ion beams for use in fusion technology. Our group is currently working closely with the Waves & Beams experimental group and with a number of other universities in a MURI (Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative) program to study the physics of vacuum electronics. We have also extended our vacuum electronics research to include an STTR on the investigation of crossed-field devices, e.g. the magnetron. Finally, our group has been theoretically studying the physics of small plasma toroids through a separate STTR program.

Beam Loss in Periodic Permanent Magnet Klystrons

Confinement and Equilibrium of Bunched Pencil and Annular Beams