Title :
On Electron Acceleration by Electric Field
Author :
Hirose, A. ; Alexeff, I.
Author_Institution :
University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37916
Abstract :
Critical electric fields have been derived above which electrons are freely accelerated overcoming electrostatic instabilities driven by electron current. Two-stream instability and trapped particle instability are considered as the major drag effects on electrons.
Keywords :
plasma heating; plasma instability; plasma turbulence; critical electric fields; drag effects; electron acceleration; electron current; electrostatic instabilities; trapped particle instability; two stream instability; Acceleration; Electron mobility; Electrostatics; Nonuniform electric fields; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma properties; Plasma waves; Resonance;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.1974.4316843
