Instability of a nonneutral electron beam propagating in an inhomogeneous magnetic field

1 July 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 16 (1) , 377-379
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.16.377

Abstract

The stability of a nonneutral, rapidly rotating electron beam propagating in an axially inhomogeneous magnetic field is considered. It is shown that there exists an instability, driven by an axial shear in the rotation velocity, which does not exist in the uniform limit. Selected numerical results are presented.

Keywords

ELECTRON BEAM
BEAM PROPAGATING
NONNEUTRAL
INHOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC
MAGNETIC FIELD
AXIAL SHEAR
AXIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS
SELECTED NUMERICAL

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