• DocumentCode
    1907278
  • Title

    Fragmentation of electron stream propagation through plasma

  • Author

    Mel´nik, V. ; Kontar, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Radio Astron., Acad. of Sci., Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    19-22 May 1997
  • Firstpage
    266
  • Lastpage
    267
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given, as follows. The propagation of an electron stream is considered in the limit of weak turbulence when the quasilinear time is much smaller than the time of electron stream flying-off. It is found out that the initial electron distribution function of the electron stream propagating in plasma is unstable to decay into separate beams. Langmuir waves excited by the fast beams accelerate electrons of slow beams that leads to interaction between them: the number of particles in the fast beams increases and their phases change. The electron distribution function and spectral energy density of plasma oscillation are found by gas-dynamic approximation.
  • Keywords
    electron beam effects; plasma Langmuir waves; plasma oscillations; plasma turbulence; plasma-beam interactions; Langmuir waves; electron distribution function; electron stream flying-off time; gas-dynamic approximation; particle number; plasma; plasma oscillation; propagation electron stream fragmentation; quasilinear time; spectral energy density; weak turbulence; Acceleration; Damping; Electron beams; Magnetic fields; Particle beams; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Stochastic processes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Plasma Science, 1997. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0730-9244
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3990-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLASMA.1997.605040
  • Filename
    605040