EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS AND BEAM FOCUSING EFFECTS IN A BEAM-GENERATED PLASMA,

Abstract

If an electron beam passes through a space filled with a neutral gas at a pressure of 0.001 to 0.01 Torr, the gas will be ionized by collisions of the beam electrons with the gas molecules and a plasma may be formed in the space which is many times the density of the beam. In this report, three aspects of the steady-state behavior of such a beam-plasma system are investigated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0476754

Entities

People

  • A. S. Halsted

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Molecules
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster