Computationally efficient description of relativistic electron beam transport in collisionless plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Polomarov, Oleg ^a   Sefkow, Adam B ^b   Kaganovich, Igor ^b   Shvets, Gennady ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS PLASMA; ELECTRON BEAM TRANSPORT; MACROPARTICLES; WEIBEL INSTABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; RELATIVITY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 34247596606     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2710812     Document Type: Article

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