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Anomalous slowing of a perpendicularly-injected ion beam in both quasilinear and trapping regimes

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7093669· OSTI ID:7093669

The anomalous slowing of an ion beam injected perpendicularly to the confining magnetic field of a low ..beta.. plasma is experimentally verified in the nonlinear stages of the excited lower-hybrid instability. Furthermore, a transition of the main nonlinear mechanism from the quasilinear to the particle trapping regime is demonstrated by varying beam parameters.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-02-3073
OSTI ID:
7093669
Report Number(s):
PPPL-1357
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English