Creation of High Energy Electron Tails due to the Modified Two-Stream Instability.

Abstract

Particle simulations of the modified two-stream instability demonstrate strong electron acceleration rather than bulk heating when the relative drift speed vd is below a critical speed Vc. A very interesting nonlinear autoresonance acceleration process is observed which accelerates the electrons much above the phase speed of the linearly unstable modes. Simple criteria are presented that predict the value of Vc and the number density of the accelerated electrons. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA126204

Entities

People

  • K. Papadopoulos
  • Motohiko Tanaka

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • High Energy
  • Instability
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Maryland
  • Particles
  • Physics
  • Simulations
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics