On the Form of the Collective Bremsstrahlung Recoil Force in a Nonequilibrium Relativistic Beam-Plasma System.

Abstract

The general form is derived, from first principles, for the collective bremsstrahlung recoil force on a test particle participating in a bremsstrahlung process in a relativistic nonequilibrium beam-plasma system. The force is expressed in terms of the particle and photon distribution functions and the bremsstrahlung transition rate. This relationship is needed in calculations of collective radiation processes and the conditions for the occurrence of bremsstrahlung radiative instability in relativistic beam-plasma systems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA139895

Entities

People

  • H. E. Brandt

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Energy Conservation
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Military Research
  • Momentum Transfer
  • New York
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radiation
  • Weapons
  • West Germany

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.