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Control of a Beam of Electrons by an Intersecting Electron Beam

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IF an electron is sent across a beam of electrons the chance is very small that it will pass a single electron of the beam so closely as to cause any deflexion of consequence from its original path. In a beam that has a current-density of 100 mA./cm.2 and a velocity of 100 electron-volts, the electron density is such that it contains 109 electrons per cm.3. So the mean distance between two neighbouring electrons may be said to be about 10â3 cm. To obtain a deflexion of 1°, however, a crossing electron would have to pass an electron of the beam at a distance of about 10â7 cm.

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JONKER, J., VAN OVERBEEK, A. Control of a Beam of Electrons by an Intersecting Electron Beam. Nature 164, 276–277 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164276a0

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