The Diocotron Instability in Annular Relativistic Electron Beams

Abstract

The instability is shown to have a finite k bandwidth with the fastest growing mode in the lab frame shifted to nonzero k. The thin beam dispersion relation, the appearance of several new parameters, and the instability mechanism are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 17, 1980
Accession Number
ADA339827

Entities

People

  • Michael A. Mostrom
  • Michael E Jones

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandwidth
  • Differential Equations
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Free Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Magnetic Fields
  • New Mexico
  • Particle Beams
  • Particles
  • Step Functions
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics