Self-pinching of a relativistic electron bunch in a drift tube

Claudio G. Parazzoli, Benjamin E. C. Koltenbah

Electron bunches with charge densities $\rho$ of the order of $10^2$ to $10^3$ [nC/cm${}^3$], energies between $20.$ and $100.$ [MeV], peak current $>100$ [A], bunch lengths between 0.3…