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Two-stream and filamentation instabilities for a light ion beam—plasma system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Toshio Okada  and
Winfried Schmidt
Toshio Okada
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe 1, Federal Republic of Germany
Winfried Schmidt
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe 1, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

Electrostatic two-stream and electromagnetic filamentation instabilities for a light ion beam penetrating a plasma are investigated. The dispersion relations of these instabilities including the effect of plasma heating by the ion beam are solved analytically and numerically. Stability conditions are derived for propagation through a plasma. Attention is paid to the finite size effects of beams with small diameters of the order 0·1 cm typical for pinched gas discharges. The results are illustrated by plotting stability boundaries for a 100 keV proton beam propagating through a plasma.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 1987 , pp. 373 - 382
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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