An advanced method of interpolation of short-focus electron beams boundary trajectories using higher-order root-polynomial functions and its comparative study

Abstract

The comparison of three advanced novel methods for estimating the boundary trajectory of electron beams propagated in ionized gas, including lower-order interpolation, self-connected interpolation, and extrapolation, as well as higher-order interpolation, is considered and discussed in the article. All estimations of the corresponding errors have been provided relative to numerically solving the set of algebra-differential equations that describe the boundary trajectory of the electron beam. By providing analysis, it is shown and proven that lower-order interpolation usually gives the minimal value of average error, using the method of self-connected interpolation and extrapolation gives the minimal error for estimation of focal beam parameters, and higher-order interpolation is suitable to obtain a uniform error value over the entire interpolation interval. All results of error estimation were obtained using original computer software written in Python.

Keywords

• interpolation
• extrapolation
• lower-order interpolation
• higher-order interpolation
• root-polynomial function
• ravine function
• average error
• electron beam
• boundary trajectory
• high voltage glow discharge
• electron beam technologies