Dissipative Trapped-Electron Instability in Cylindrical Geometry
- 16 September 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 33 (12), 692-695
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.33.692
Abstract
We show that the essential ingredients of the trapped-electron instability can be present in a cylindrical geometry. A linear instability theory, a simple physical explanation, and the results of an experiment are presented to support this.Keywords
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