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Ion beam expansion due to ion cyclotron wave interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. P. Hauck
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, California 92717
Gregory Benford
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, California 92717

Abstract

We observe radial expansion of an ion beam propagating along a homogeneous guide magnetic field. The beam spreading appears to arise from interactions with beam-excited resonant ion cyclotron waves. Magnitude and scaling of the expansion agree with a theory based on a resonant diffusion process.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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