Low-frequency flute instabilities of self-pinched ion beams

Uhm, Han S.; Davidson, Ronald C.

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The stability properties of the low-frequency flute instabilities in a self-pinched ion beam propagating through a preformed plasma channel are investigated for long-wavelength and low-frequency perturbations. Consistent with the flute instabilities, the stability analysis is restricted to the surface perturbations on the ion beam. A closed algebraic dispersion relation of the flute instabilities for Bennett [ Phys. Rev. 45, 890 (1934) ] density profile is obtained, by making use of the energy group model. From the analytical and numerical calculations of the dispersion relation for highly collisional plasma, we find the necessary condition for instability in terms of the fractional current neutralization f. Threshold values of the fractional current neutralization for instability are tabulated for each azimuthal mode number ℓ.

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INTRODUCTION
THEORETICAL MODEL AND BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
LINEARIZED VLASOV-MAXWELL EQUATIONS OF THE SURFACE PERTURBATIONS
DISPERSION RELATION OF THE FLUTE INSTABILITIES FOR BENNETT BEAM PROFILE
STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE FLUTE INSTABILITIES IN THE BEAM FRAME
CONCLUSIONS

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Keywords

flute instability, pinch effect, ion beams, plasma-beam interactions, dispersion relations, plasma density, plasma transport processes

PACS

52.35.Py

Macroinstabilities (hydromagnetic, e.g., kink, fire-hose, mirror, ballooning, tearing, trapped-particle, flute, Rayleigh-Taylor, etc.)
52.55.Ez

Theta pinch
52.40.Mj

Particle beam interactions in plasmas
52.25.Fi

Transport properties
52.20.Fs

Electron collisions

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2148968

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1070-664X (print)

1089-7674 (online)

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American Institute of Physics

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