Effect of a DC Electric Field on Beam Trapping.

Abstract

In the absence of wave damping the momentum of a weak cold beam can be clamped while the wave amplitude increases secularly in time. When wave damping is present a nonlinear equilibrium is attained in which the beam evolves into a singular charge clump which drifts at constant velocity through the plasma. (Author)

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA056789

Entities

People

  • George J. Morales

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • California
  • Dynamics
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Fluids
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Momentum
  • Particles
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Physics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radiation
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics