Analysis of Wave-Particle Interactions in a Beam Plasma System,

Abstract

Several mechanisms to explain the saturation of the beam plasma instability and the simultaneous broadening of the beam energy distribution function for the case where the beam is cold and weak and the plasma is cold and collision dominated are explored. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0786534

Entities

People

  • D. Winske

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Collisions
  • Distribution Functions
  • Instability
  • Particles
  • Plasma Instabilities
  • Saturation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics