Magnetic-Field-Induced Enhancement of Relativistic-Electron-Beam Energy Deposition.

Abstract

The collisional transport of relativistic electron beams in dense, magnetized, high-Z plasmas is characterized by a perturbation solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation with a Fokker-Plank collision term in the limit of small beam-electron mean-free-path or gyroradius. The general formulation allows for arbitrary magnetic-field, electric-field, and plasma geometries. Analytic solutions in 1-D yield energy-deposition profiles for a magnetized plasma slab. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA037693

Entities

People

  • Deane F. Mosher
  • I. B. Bernstein

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • California
  • Corporations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Scattering
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Mean Free Path
  • New Mexico
  • Particle Flux
  • Particles
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

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  • Directed Energy
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