Accession Number:

ADA037693

Title:

Magnetic-Field-Induced Enhancement of Relativistic-Electron-Beam Energy Deposition.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Mosher,D.
• Bernstein,I. B.

Report Date:

1977-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

The collisional transport of relativistic electron beams in dense, magnetized, high-Z plasmas is characterized by a perturbation solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation with a Fokker-Plank collision term in the limit of small beam-electron mean-free-path or gyroradius. The general formulation allows for arbitrary magnetic-field, electric-field, and plasma geometries. Analytic solutions in 1-D yield energy-deposition profiles for a magnetized plasma slab. Author

Descriptors:

• *PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• *ENERGY TRANSFER
• *ELECTRON BEAMS
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• ELECTRON TRANSPORT
• LOW LEVEL
• PERTURBATION THEORY
• BOLTZMANN EQUATION
• COLLISIONS
• PINCH EFFECT
• RELATIVITY THEORY
• MEAN FREE PATH

Subject Categories:

• Electricity and Magnetism
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE