Published May 1979 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonlinear development of an electromagnetic filamentation instability

  • 1. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Description

A simplified model of an electromagnetic filamentation instability that arises when two counterstreaming electron beams pass through a uniform ion background is treated by statistical mechanical techniques borrowed from fluid turbulence theory. Accumulation of magnetic energy at long wavelengths is predicted, as observed in the numerical simulations of Lee and Lampe

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Journal Title
Phys. Fluids
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
5
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
866-870
ISSN
0031-9171