Plasma Instability in Electron and Positron Colliding Beams in Storage Ring.

Abstract

The filamentation instability of the electron and positron colliding beams in a storage ring are investigated within the framework of the rigid beam model and the Vlasov-Maxwell equations, and closed algebraic dispersion relations for the complex eigenfrequency omega are obtained. It is shown that the typical growth rate of instability is a substantial fraction of the electron plasma frequency omega(pe), thereby severely limiting the electron density in storage ring. Moreover, the influence of collective self-field effects on the electron and positron colliding beams in the storage ring is investigated. The analysis is carried out, distinguishing the cases, where (a) the particle motions are in a very coherent orbit, and (b) the randomness dominates the operational condition of a storage ring (e.g., the incoherent collision location by small fluctuation, etc.) In either case, it is shown that the self-fields effects play a dominant role in the stability behavior of transverse orbit or the expansion of the beam cross sections. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA087733

Entities

People

  • Chuan S. Liu
  • Han S. Uhm

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Collisions
  • Current Density
  • Differential Equations
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Maryland
  • Momentum
  • Plasma Instabilities
  • Positrons
  • Storage Rings
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster