Published August 1993 | Version v1
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Space-time evolution of a beam-plasma instability in strongly correlated plasmas

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7 (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167 (United States)
  • 3. Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

Description

We examine the interaction of an electron beam penetrating a strongly correlated plasma. Conditions are established for this unstable interaction to lead to an absolute instability. We propose the absolute instability as a means for probing the strongly correlated plasmas

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. R676-R679.
ISSN
1063-651X
CODEN
PLEEE8

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25004746
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ABSOLUTE INSTABILITIES; BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS; CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; PLASMA DENSITY; RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATION; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; INSTABILITY; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA INSTABILITY