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Title: Excitation of high-frequency azimuthal surface waves by an annular electron beam in a waveguide with a noncircular interface of the plasma column

Journal Article · · Plasma Physics Reports
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  1. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine)

An initial stage of the interaction of an electron beam ring rotating along Larmor orbits in a gap between the plasma column and a circular metal chamber of a cylindrical waveguide with extraordinarily polarized electromagnetic waves of the surface type is studied. These waves propagate along the azimuthal angle across an axial magnetic field in the range above the upper hybrid frequency. Using numerical analysis of the dispersion relation, it is shown that by the aid of an appropriate choice of the shape of the plasma-vacuum interface one can achieve a significant increasing of growth rates of the resonant beam instability of these waves.

OSTI ID:
22126525
Journal Information:
Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 39, Issue 5; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English