High-time-resolution focusing of an intense relativistic electron beam
Gorbulin Yu. M. , Zlotnikov D. M. , Kalinin Yu. G. , Skoryupin V. A. , Shashkov A. Yu.
The instantaneous current density of the diode of an intense-beam relativistic electron accelerator has been measured. The measured current density reaches 80 MA/cm2, or an order of magnitude higher than the value averaged over the pulse length. The power density reaches 6X1013 W/cm2.