Ping-Pong Modes: A New Form of Multipactor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 035003 (2012)https://ireap.umd.edu/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.0350032012Journal ArticlePlasma, Accelerator, and Nuclear Physics

The multipactor is a vacuum discharge based on a secondary electron emission. A novel resonant form is proposed that combines one- and two-surface impacts within a single period, provided the total transit time is an odd number of rf half-periods and the product of secondary yields exceeds unity.