The Effect of Plasma Inhomogeneity on the Production of Energetic Electrons.
Abstract
Intense radiation impinging on a plasma near the critical density may be absorbed by exciting electrostatic plasma waves. In inhomogeneous plasmas these oscillations convect out of the interaction region to lower densities where the waves have lower phase velocities. Electrons whose velocity are not much greater than the thermal velocity then absorb the wave. In this process, very few highly energetic electrons are produced. The authors present theory and simulation for the absorption of these waves in an inhomogeneous plasma. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0786354
Entities
People
- H. H. Klein
- Wallace M. Manheimer
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory