EFFECT OF BEAM SCATTERING ON PLASMA-HEATING WITH RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON-BEAMS

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作者
SETHIAN, JD [1 ]
EKDAHL, CA [1 ]
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[1] CORNELL UNIV,PLASMA STUDIES LAB,ITHACA,NY 14850
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.711
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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A fully ionized plasma column was heated with a relativistic electron beam. Experiments in which plasma heating was dominated by the beam-plasma two-stream interaction demonstrated a scaling of energy deposition with the beam-to-plasma density ratio and the beam angular scatter in accordance with a theorectial model of the two-stream instability. Beam-to-plasma energy-transfer efficiencies exceeding 25% and plasma electron temperatures of 600 eV were observed. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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