Interaction of Relativistic Electron Beams with Fusion-Target Blowoff Plasmas
- 29 September 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 35 (13), 851-854
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.851
Abstract
The relativistic Boltzmann equation with a Fokker-Planck collision term is solved assuming that elastic scattering characterizes the shortest time scale of the beam-plasma system. One-dimensional solutions containing the self-consistent return-current electric field show that, although range shortening occurs, the electric field prevents high-current-density beams from penetrating into the dense-plasma region.Keywords
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