Accession Number:

AD0274645

Title:

EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS OF A PLANE ELECTRON BEAM IN A PLASMA

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• CHANG,CHIEH CHIEN
• LUNDGREN,THOMAS S.

Report Date:

1962-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

Equilibrium solutions of an electron beam injected into a plasma are considered. This is a preliminary step in studying the stability of the so-called E-layer of the Astron thermonuclear reactor. The model consists of a plane sheet of streaming electrons in a homogeneous plasma. Equilibrium solutions are obtained from the collisionless Boltzmann equations for three fluids one of stream electrons, another of plasma electrons, and a third of plasma ions. Two important cases are treated in this manner cold plasma and cold beam. The distribution of beam electrons, plasma ions, and plasma electrons is presented. Author

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRON BEAMS
• *PARTICLES
• *PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• *TRANSFORMATIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• ELECTRONS
• ENERGY
• EQUATIONS
• HYDRODYNAMICS
• IONS
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• PRESSURE
• TEMPERATURE
• TRANSPORT PROPERTIES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE