STABILITY OF A PURE ELECTRON PLASMA IN CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY.

Abstract

The stability of a cylindrical cold plasma consisting of electrons only is investigated analytically. The geometry is similar to that of the proposed heavy ion plasma accelerator. The dispersion equation is derived and discussed for the case that the plasma rotates like a rigid body. The resulting instabilities are found to be much more violent than those studied by Buneman et al. for a straight geometry. The underlying physics is discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676201

Entities

People

  • Georg Knorr

Organizations

  • University of Iowa

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dispersions
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Instability
  • Mathematics
  • Plasma Accelerators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics