Title :
Multispecies Weibel Instability for Intense Ion Beam Propagation Through Background Plasma
Author :
Davidson, R.C. ; Startsev, Edward A. ; Kaganovich, I. ; Qin, H.
Author_Institution :
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08543
Abstract :
Properties of the multi-species electromagnetic Weibel instability are investigated for an intense ion beam propagating through background plasma. Assuming that the background plasma electrons provide complete charge and current neutralization, detailed linear stability properties are calculated within the framework of a macroscopic cold-fluid model for a wide range of system parameters.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic propagation; Ion beams; Maxwell equations; Particle beams; Physics; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma properties; Plasma stability; Steady-state;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2005. PAC 2005. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8859-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2005.1590970
