RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS ON PLASMA OSCILLATIONS AND TWO-STREAM INSTABILITY. PART I

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1963 · Physics of Fluids (U.S.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1724513· OSTI ID:4742546

Buti, B

The general theory for high-temperature plasmas, in the presence of an external uniform magnetic field, is developed by means of a Laplace-transform technique. The dispersion relations for the longitudinal and the transverse oscillations for a relativistic Maxwellian distribution with mass motion as well as for a non-Maxwellian distribution in the absence of magnetic field are derived. The stability of two streams is investigated in detail both in the nonrelativistic and in the extreme relativistic limits. The longitudinal and the transverse modes are uncoupled only when the stream velocity and the wave velocity are parallel, (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Chicago; and Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-17-007462
• OSTI ID: 4742546
• Journal Information: Physics of Fluids (U.S.), Journal Name: Physics of Fluids (U.S.) Vol. Vol: 6; ISSN PFLDA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BEAMS
CONFIGURATION
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DISPERSION RELATIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FIELD THEORY
HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
INTERACTIONS
LAPLACE TRANSFORM
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MASS
MAXWELL DISTRIBUTION
OSCILLATIONS
PHYSICS
PLASMA
RELATIVITY THEORY
STABILITY
STATISTICS
THERMODYNAMICS
VELOCITY