Hydrodynamic Response of Plasma Channels to Propagating Ion Beams
- 13 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 45 (15), 1253-1256
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.45.1253
Abstract
Hydrodynamic response of plasma channels induced by intense propagating ion beams is examined with use of both analytical estimates and a one-dimensional radial numerical model. It is found that mega-ampere, 3-5-MeV proton beams can be propagated in deuterium background over several meters.Keywords
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