Spatial Evolution of Velocity-Modulated Ion Beams in a Plasma
- 14 April 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 34 (15), 931-934
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.34.931
Abstract
Spatial growth and damping of a velocity-modulated ion beam are observed in a machine where no ion-ion instability is predicted. The phenomena are well explained by linear "wave" theory for beam bunching.
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