DocumentCode
1219704
Title
Computer Simulation of an Ion Beam Antenna
Author
Pridmore-Brown, D.C. ; Meyer, R.X.
Author_Institution
The Aerospace Corporation 2350 E. El Segundo Boulevard El Segundo, California 90245
Volume
4
Issue
2
fYear
1976
fDate
6/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
112
Lastpage
117
Abstract
The feasibility of using a modulated beam of ions as an antenna in the magnetosphere is discussed briefly. A computer simulation of an ion beam in a plasma is presented in which the motion of the ions is prescribed while the electrons in the surrounding plasma are represented by concentric charged shells, each of which moves in the self-consistent field set up by the beam and the other shells. By following the motion of the shells on a computer, an attempt is made to estimate the sheath current that is induced in the plasma by the beam.
Keywords
Computer simulation; Electron beams; Ion beams; Magnetic modulators; Magnetosphere; Motion estimation; Optical modulation; Particle beams; Plasma sheaths; Plasma simulation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.1976.4316945
Filename
4316945
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