Formation and Stability of Partially-Neutralized Plasma Clumps.

Abstract

Experimental a University of Maryland group has investigation is made of neutralized electron beam propagation in nonconducting vacuum drift tubes (to eliminate image currents and a clear return path for the electrons) and investigated a significant new way of increasing the ion velocity (and therefore the propagation distance) in such systems. This program constructed a microscopic equilibrium for such a propagating electron/ion beam in which both species are in radial force balance, and numerical simulation studies of bean and ion propagation in such a system. Keywords: collective Acceleration; Plasmoids; Electron Beams.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA179444

Entities

People

  • John Guillory

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Charged Particles
  • Computer Simulations
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Ion Beams
  • Ions
  • Low Density
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Operating Systems
  • Particle Beams
  • Radiation
  • Simulations
  • Steady State
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics