Published December 14, 1987
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Journal article
Nonlinear interaction between a warm electron beam and a single wave
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
Description
We have experimentally observed the growth and saturation of a single wave on a warm-beam, slow-wave--structure system. When the wave growth is sufficiently weak, the time-averaged beam distribution function develops a localized plateau. When the growth is stronger, the entire distribution function can become distorted. The electric field at saturation scales as the square of the linear growth rate of the wave
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 59
- Journal Issue
- 24
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 2752-2755
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19034097
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAM CURRENTS; COLLISIONLESS PLASMA; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON PLASMA WAVES; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SATURATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; CURRENTS; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA; PLASMA WAVES