PLASMA PHYSICS

Abstract

The injection of relatively strong electron beams with large energy spread into a high density plasma gave no indication for an electrostatic instability of the beam. Anomalous energy losses of the beam at the onset of an instability are believed to be the stabilizing mechanism. Disappearance of the excitation light of the beam at a critical electron density was, however, observed. The origin of this effect is not understood at the present time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1964
Accession Number
AD0616681

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attenuation
  • Collisions
  • Current Density
  • Detectors
  • Discharge Tubes
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Guns
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • High Voltage
  • Ion Sources
  • Kerr Cells
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Pulse Generators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics