Improved Treatment of Multiple Scattering of Intense Charged Particle Beams

Abstract

The scattering of self-pinched particle beams propagating in gas is investigated using Moliere's treatment of multiple scattering. Nordsieck lengths significantly longer than those predicted on the basis of less accurate scattering formalisms are obtained numerically. An improved analytic-expression for the Nordsieck length is derived and agrees well with the numerical results. Experimental data on the beam expansion from the PHERMEX and ASTRON experiments show good agreement with numerical simulations and analytic results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118299

Entities

People

  • B. B. Godfrey
  • T. P. Hughes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Algorithms
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Charged Particles
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Particle Beams
  • Scattering
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy