Plasma heating in a solenoid by a relativistic electron beam

Author

Arzhannikov, A.V. ; Burdakov, A.V. ; Burmasov, V.S. ; Koidan, V.S. ; Konyukhov, V.V. ; Mekler, K.I. ; Rogozin, A.I. ; Vyacheslavov, L.N.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Nucl. Phys., Novosibirsk, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1979

fDate

3-6 July 1979

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The problem of using powerful relativistic electron beams for a fast heating of plasma in open solenoidal systems has arisen practically immediately after creation of the generators of such beams. As the deceleration length of relativistic electrons due to Coulomb collisions even in a very dense plasma is too large, all the prospects of effective plasma heating with the beams are associated with the collective interaction of a high-current relativistic electron beam with a plasma. The development of the small-scale two-stream instability can be one of the mechanisms for effective deceleration of the relativistic beam in the plasma.

Keywords

plasma beam injection heating; plasma collision processes; relativistic electron beams; solenoids; Coulomb collisions; collective interaction; deceleration length; high current relativistic electron beam; plasma heating; powerful relativistic electron beam; relativistic electrons; small scale two-stream instability; solenoid; Laser beams; Magnetic field measurement; Masers; Measurement by laser beam; Particle beams; Plasma measurements; Plasmas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High-Power Electron and Ion Beam Research & Technology, 1979 3rd International Topical Conference on

Conference_Location

Novosibirsk

Type

conf

Filename

6405147