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Electromagnetic instability and stopping power of plasma for relativistic electron beams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Toshio Okada  and
Keishiro Niu
Toshio Okada
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Keishiro Niu
Affiliation:
Department of Energy Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Abstract

The stopping power of a plasma for a relativistic electron beam (REB) is derived by taking a Weibel-type electromagnetic instability into account in a collisionless plasma. A quasi-linear theory is developed to derive the stopping power of the plasma due to the electromagnetic instability. The wave–particle interaction by use of the renormalization theory leads to a saturation level of instability. Thus the purely growing electromagnetic instability, including the effect of the beam temperature, decides an effective stopping length of the REB in the plasma.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , June 1980 , pp. 423 - 432
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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