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Filatov R. A., Koronovskii A. A., Hramov A. E. Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in the counterstreaming electron beams with virtual cathodes in vircator without external magnetic field. Izvestiya VUZ. Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, 2012, vol. 20, iss. 3, pp. 140-151. DOI: 10.18500/0869-6632-2012-20-3-140-151

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10.18500/0869-6632-2012-20-3-140-151

Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in the counterstreaming electron beams with virtual cathodes in vircator without external magnetic field

Autors: 
Filatov Roman Andreevich, Saratov State University
Koronovskii Aleksei Aleksandrovich, Saratov State University
Hramov Aleksandr Evgenevich, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Abstract: 

Virtual cathode nonstationary dynamics has been numerically studied for the two counterstreaming electron beams. The variety of the virtual cathode oscillatory regimes has been discovered from regular to wide band chaotic oscillations. Connection between value of the largest Lyapunov exponent and output signal power has been revealed.

Key words: 
Counterstreaming electron beams
virtual cathode
output power
Lyapunov exponent
spatially extended system
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Received: 
13.04.2012
Accepted: 
11.05.2012
Published: 
31.07.2012
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