Localized measurements during intense relativistic electron beam interaction with a cool theta-pinch plasma
- 15 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 28 (4) , 173-176
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88690
Abstract
A 1‐MeV 40–80‐kA 60‐nsec 40‐cm2 electron beam was injected into a 3‐eV 2×1015‐cm−3‐density plasma. Plasma density and temperature within the beam channel were measured by Thomson scattering, and local time‐dependent magnetic probe measurements were made across a plasma diameter. The observed plasma heating rate was an order of magnitude larger than can be explained on the basis of classical collisional processes.Keywords
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