PLASMA CYCLOTRON ECHOES.

Abstract

The paper contains a single-particle model that is sufficient to explain observed radiation peaks from weakly ionized laboratory plasma immersed in a magnetic field subsequent to one, two or three short driving RF pulses at the gyro frequency. It is shown that, depending upon the regime of operation, these echoes can result from any combination of arbitrary speed dependences in the gyro frequency, collision frequency, or diffusion of the electrons between and after the pulses. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0654026

Entities

People

  • Thomas B. Smith

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Cyclotrons
  • Diffusion
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Frequency
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Particles
  • Radiation
  • Radio Frequency Pulses

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics