We report on an observation of the low-mass X–ray binary 4U1626–67 performed during the BeppoSAX Science Verification Phase. An absorption feature at ∼ 37 keV, attributable to electron cyclotron resonance, has been discovered in its pulse averaged spectrum. The inferred neutron star magnetic field strength is 3.2 · (1 + z) × 10 12 G, where z is the gravitational redshift. The feature is deep an...

We describe in detail the method for Particle-in cell/Monte-Carlo simulation of electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) discharges. In the simulation, electric and magnetic fields are obtained by solving Maxwell equations, and electrons and ions are accelerated by solving equations of motion. We consider two different cases: (i) propagation of electromagnetic wave in the presence of a constant exter...

The cyclotron resonance laser (CRL) accelerator is a novel concept of accelerating continuous charged-particle beams to moderately or highly relativistic energies. This paper discusses prospects and limitations of this concept. In particular, the nonlinear coupling of an intense traveling electromagnetic wave with an electron beam in a guide magnetic field is studied, and the effects of wave di...

A new concept to assist in the extraction of ion beams from an electron cyclotron resonance ion source ~ECRIS! by the injection of an electron beam from the extraction side into the ion-source plasma is proposed. In this article, the construction of a test setup is described and first results of experiments with this setup at the 14 GHz ECRIS of the Frankfurt ECRIS-~ve!RFQ facility are reported...