Beam-Wave Interaction in Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Structures (Accelerator Physics)

This text is primarily concerned with the interaction of electrons with electromagnetic waves for the generation and amplification of radiation. It dicusses the various methods of electron-beam generation and propagation and the basic electron-wave interaction schemes, then it presents an idealized picture of the beam-wave interaction in a dielectric loaded waveguide. Gradually the complexity of the analysis is increased by presenting the effect of reflected waves and further by considering the beam as an ensemble of macro-particles. The book also dicusses the interaction in periodic and in quasi-periodic metallic structures and the fundamentals of the beam-wave interaction in a periodic field, concluding with a brief discussion of particle acceleration, including novel acceleration schemes.