Ion-Ion Beam Instability in a Cylindrical Geometry

Noah Hershkowitz; Thomas Romesser; Georg Knorr; Christoph K. Goertz

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.33.754

Ion-Ion Beam Instability in a Cylindrical Geometry

Noah Hershkowitz, Thomas Romesser, Georg Knorr, and Christoph K. Goertz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 33, 754 – Published 23 September 1974

Abstract

The ion-ion instability is studied in a cylindrical double-plasma device. Low frequency cylindrical standing waves are found which are one-dimensional in character with frequency proportional to beam velocity. An approximate dispersion relation for the cylindrical standing waves is derived.

Received 21 January 1974

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.33.754

Authors & Affiliations

Noah Hershkowitz^*, Thomas Romesser^†, Georg Knorr^‡, and Christoph K. Goertz^§

Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

^*Present address: Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024.
^†Work supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. NGL-16-001-043.
^‡Work supported in part by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission under Contract No. AT(11-1)-2059.
^§Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant. No. GA-31676.