Published April 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Excitation of flute waves by an ion beam in an open confinement system

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR

Description

This paper analyzes the electrostatic instability driven by a fast ion beam in a low-β plasma in a mirror system as the result of a resonance between the wave and the longitudinal bounces of ions between the mirrors. The frequency of this instability is close to the ion bounce frequency, and its growth rate is several times low than that of the flute instability. This electrostatic instability is characteristic of beams with a small angular spread and is sensitive to the magnetic field profile in the mirror system

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics (English Translation)
Journal Volume
14
Journal Issue
4
Series
Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
252-257
ISSN
0360-0343
CODEN
SJPPD

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20004618
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Translation
Descriptors DEI
FLUTE INSTABILITY; ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC MIRROR CONFIGURATIONS; NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION
Descriptors DEC
BEAM INJECTION; BEAMS; INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; OPEN CONFIGURATIONS; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES

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Notes
Transl.: Cover-to-cover translation of Fizika Plazmy (USSR).