On the Plasma Physics on the Beam Plasma Discharge.

Abstract

The scaling for the ignition of beam plasma discharge observed in many laboratory experiments is consistent with the requirement for triggering an absolute instability near the plasma frequency (omega sub e). The transition in the scaling with pressure can be attributed to transition from Bohm to classical diffusion losses. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 23, 1983
Accession Number
ADA139265

Entities

People

  • K. Papadopoulos

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cyclotron Waves
  • Diffusion
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency
  • Gas Ionization
  • Group Velocity
  • Instability
  • Ionization
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Physics
  • Plasma Instabilities
  • Steady State
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics