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Abstract

The initial stage of interaction between an annular beam of electrons, which rotate along Larmor orbits in the gap between a localized plasma column and a metal waveguide with a circular cross-section of its walls, and the electromagnetic waves of the surface type, is studied theoretically. These waves are extraordinary polarized; they propagate along the azimuthal angle across an axial external steady magnetic field in the electron cyclotron frequency range. The numerical analysis shows that changing the shape of the plasma filling cross section leads to corrections to the eigen frequency of the surface waves but does not cause a disruption of the resonance beam-wave instability development. Moreover, the conditions are found when appropriate choice of the shape can lead to increasing the instability growth rate by dozens of percent.

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Prof. Igor O. Girka

Prof. Volodymyr Girka

Dr. Ivan Viktorovych Pavlenko