INVESTIGATION OF FAST WAVE BEAM/PLASMA INTERACTIONS

Abstract

This report describes a program of work on beam/plasma interaction. Both electrostatic and electromagnetic wave amplifying mechanisms are under investigation. For the former, studies in the absence of a static magnetic field are directed towards verifying the theory for beam/surface wave amplification. Two distinctly different lines are being followed for interactions in the presence of a static magnetic field: Electrostatic cyclotron harmonic wave interaction is being examined both theoretically and experimentally, and the potentialities of electromagnetic wave growth in the 'whistler' mode are being investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0833880

Entities

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplification
  • Amplifiers
  • Charged Particles
  • Cyclotrons
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Microwave Tubes
  • Observation
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics