Saturation Characteristics of Counterstreaming Warm Electrons,

Abstract

An investigation has been made of the electron-electron two stream instability as the beam temperatures were increased, using particle simulations. Growth rates and saturation characteristics were studied and compared to theoretical models. The final state of the system, characterized by the value of the distribution function at zero velocity, f(v=0), was found to evolve to a Maxwellian in the cold case, and to a double-peaked distribution stable by the Penrose criterion in the warm case. Keywords: beam plasma instability. (Author).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159860

Entities

People

  • A. Wendt

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Dispersions
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrons
  • Electrostatic Fields
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Instability
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Particles
  • Simulations
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

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  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics