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MEGATRON ACCELERATOR PROGRESS REPORT--INVESTIGATION OF PLASMA ACCELERATION. Quarterly Progress Report No. 6 for October 1, 1959-December 31, 1959

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4156576

Some results of further theoretical work on the Megatron beam are summarized. Possible instabilities are listed and stability criteria are given. The instabilities considered are single-particle magnetic guide field resonances, kink hydrodynamic instability,''negative mass'' instability, and the two stream instability. ( auth)

Research Organization:
Stevens Inst. of Tech., Hoboken, N.J.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-022467
OSTI ID:
4156576
Report Number(s):
AD-233991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English