Large signal calculation of amplitron performance

A space charge analysis of the Amplitron is considerably more difficult than that of the magnetron because a frame of reference cannot be found which renders the flow time-independent. Moreover, while considerable progress has been reported at this Congress regarding tne use of high speed computers in the self-consistent field method of electron gun analysis, even after a major effort this method has not given a solution to the space-charge-Iimited magnetron. In view of these obstacles the analysis of the Amplitron has been performed in a much less rigorous manner.