perveance

See also: pervéance

English

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Noun

perveance (plural perveances)

  1. The relationship between current and voltage in an electron gun
    • 2015, V.E. Teryaev, S.V. Shchelkunov, S.Yu. Kazakov, J.L. Hirshfield, R.L. Ives, D. Marsden, G. Collins, R. Karimov, R. Jensen, “Compact Low-Voltage, High-Power, Multi-beam Klystron for ILC: Initial Test Results”, in arXiv‎[1]:
      To demonstrate the concept underlying the tubes design, a six-beamlet quadrant (a 54 inch high one-quarter portion of the full 1.3 GHz tube) was built and recently underwent initial tests, with main goals of demonstrating rated gun perveance, rated gain, and at least one-quarter of the full 10-MW rated power.
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