Nonlinear effects of beam-plasma instabilities on neutralized propagation of intense ion beams in background plasma

Edward A. Startsev, Igor Kaganovich, Ronald C. Davidson

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Abstract

The streaming of an intense ion beam relative to the background plasma can cause the development of fast electrostatic collective instabilities. In this paper we examine numerically the defocusing effects of two-stream instability on the ion beam propagating in neutralizing background plasma. The scaling laws for the average de-focusing forces on the beam ions are identified, and confirmed by comparison with numerical simulations. These scalings can be used in the development of realistic ion beam compression scenarios in present and next-generation ion-beam-driven experiments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIFSA 2011 - 7th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event7th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, IFSA 2011 - Bordeaux, France
Duration: Sep 12 2011Sep 16 2011

Publication series

NameEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume59
ISSN (Print)2101-6275
ISSN (Electronic)2100-014X

Other

Other7th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, IFSA 2011
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityBordeaux
Period9/12/119/16/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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