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Magnetron Modes and the Chimera State

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This paper reviews the magnetron electronic valve family development including the: the Barkhausen-Kurz oscillator, split-anode magnetron, cavity-magnetron, rising-sun cavity-magnetron, coaxial cavity-magnetron, relativistic cavity-magnetron and the packaged cavity-magnetron. The paper uses US magnetron patents and original peer-reviewed papers to provide a rich source of mathematical mode competition theory and lumped element equivalent electrical models. Synchronous and asynchronous modes are identified and quantified within the cavity-magnetron, rising-sun cavity-magnetron and relativistic cavity-magnetron. The military imperative (secrecy) that shaped magnetron development is also discussed. It is proposed that this knowledge may have a role in chaos theory when applied to natural and man-made coupled resonator networks.

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Law, V.J., Dowling, D.P. (2018). Magnetron Modes and the Chimera State. In: Skiadas, C. (eds) Fractional Dynamics, Anomalous Transport and Plasma Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04483-1_2

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