Characterization of the initial filamentation of a relativistic electron beam passing through a plasma

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Bret, A ^a   Firpo, M C ^b   Deutsch, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMAS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VECTORS;

LINEAR INSTABILITY; LONGITUDINAL FILAMENTATION; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAMS; WEIBEL MODES;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 18044371853     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.115002     Document Type: Article

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