Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Physics of Fluids
29 (1986), S. 3740-3748
ISSN:
1089-7666
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The nonlinear stability of ion velocity distributions in simple beam-injected mirror machines is investigated using a one-dimensional kinetic equation. The steady states and their linear response functions are calculated, and the nonlinear behavior is studied both analytically and numerically. It is shown that when charge exchange effects are negligible, oscillatory instabilities found are suppressed. When unstable steady states are present, the eventual equilibrium of the system is shown to depend not only on the initial density, but on the initial velocity distribution as well.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.865806
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