title: Measurements of high-current electron beams from X pinches and wire array Z pinches.
abstract: Some issues concerning high-current electron beam transport from the X pinch cross point to the diagnostic system and measurements of the beam current by Faraday cups are discussed. Results of computer simulation of electron beam propagation from the pinch to the Faraday cup give limits for the measured current for beams having different energy spreads. The beam is partially neutralized as it propagates from the X pinch to a diagnostic system, but within a Faraday cup diagnostic, space charge effects can be very important. Experimental results show evidence of such effects.
authors.affiliation: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shelkovenko
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Pikuz
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Blesener
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Agafonov
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Romanova
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mingaleev