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Filamentation instability of rotating light ion beam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

T. Okada
Affiliation:
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184, Japan
K. Niu
Affiliation:
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama 227, Japan

Abstract

Filamentation instability for a rotating light ion beam (LIB) fusion system is investigated. Stability conditions, including the effects of fractional current neutralization, rotation of LIB and beam temperature, are derived for propagation through a background plasma. The results are illustrated by plotting stability boundaries for a rotating proton beam propagating in a plasma.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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