Transverse Instability of an Electron Beam in Beam-Induced Ion Channel.

Abstract

Transverse oscillations of a relativistic electron beam propagating in a beam induced ion channel has been theoretically investigated and experimentally observed. Good agreement between experimental observations and theoretical calculations strongly suggests that these oscillations may be caused by the ion hose (ion resonance) instability. Keywords: Ion hose instability; Beam induced ion channel; Ion resonance instability; Traverse instability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1986
Accession Number
ADA176733

Entities

People

  • H. S. Uhm
  • Joseph P. Smith
  • Kimberly T. Nguyen
  • R. F. Schneider

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Displacement
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Observation
  • Photography
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics