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    Problem Set 4: N N e E

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    This document contains two physics problems related to plasma and particle beams: i) Calculate the effective frequency of transverse diffusion for an ion beam passing through plasma. The frequency should be expressed in terms of various physical parameters. ii) Use fluid equations to describe electrostatic waves that can exist in a one-dimensional electron beam. Derive linear equations relating the perturbed electric field and velocity. Assuming wave solutions, determine the dispersion relations for the "slow wave" and "fast wave", and explain why they are called that. Compute the current density for each wave.

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    This document contains two physics problems related to plasma and particle beams: i) Calculate the effective frequency of transverse diffusion for an ion beam passing through plasma. The frequency should be expressed in terms of various physical parameters. ii) Use fluid equations to describe electrostatic waves that can exist in a one-dimensional electron beam. Derive linear equations relating the perturbed electric field and velocity. Assuming wave solutions, determine the dispersion relations for the "slow wave" and "fast wave", and explain why they are called that. Compute the current density for each wave.

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    This document contains two physics problems related to plasma and particle beams: i) Calculate the effective frequency of transverse diffusion for an ion beam passing through plasma. The frequency should be expressed in terms of various physical parameters. ii) Use fluid equations to describe electrostatic waves that can exist in a one-dimensional electron beam. Derive linear equations relating the perturbed electric field and velocity. Assuming wave solutions, determine the dispersion relations for the "slow wave" and "fast wave", and explain why they are called that. Compute the current density for each wave.

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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Subject 6.651J /8.613J /22.611J R. Parker


    6 October 2005 Due: 13 October 2005
    Problem Set 4

    Problem 1.

    A beam of ions with energy E is passing through a plasma of density .
    0
    n n n
    i e
    = = The velocity of the
    beam
    0
    is large compared to the thermal velocities of the electrons and ions, so the latters motion can
    be neglected.

    i) Calculate the effective frequency of transverse diffusion of the beam

    defined as

    2
    0
    2
    v
    dt
    v d

    =

    Express your answer in terms of a numerical constant, the energy of the beam in eV, the plasma
    density, the Coulomb logarithm and the mass and charge of the beam and plasma ions relative to the
    mass and charge of a proton. (Ignore terms of order ln / 1 .)

    ii) Compare your answer with the result given in the NRL formulary.

    Problem 2.

    In this problem, we will use the plasma fluid equations to describe electrostatic waves that can exist in
    a one-dimensional electron beam. The relevant equations are:

    Conservation of particles/mass/charge:

    0 = +

    v n
    t
    n r

    Conservation of momentum:

    E en
    dt
    v d
    mn
    r
    r
    =

    Gauss law for the electric field:

    ) (
    0 i e
    n n e E =
    r


    Assume that only the electrons participate in the wave and that the ions only provide a constant
    neutralizing background.

    a) Writing the variables in the form

    ), , (
    ) , (
    ) , (
    1
    1 0
    0
    1 0
    t x E x E
    x t x v x V v
    n n n
    t x n n n
    e e
    e io i
    e e
    =
    + =
    = =
    + =
    r
    r




    where subscripts containing a 0 denote constant terms, develop a set of linear equations relating
    and . Note that since , there is no equilibrium electric field.
    1 1
    ,v n
    1
    E
    io e
    n n =
    0

    b) Assuming a wave solution with all variables proportional to ) exp( ikx t i , determine and sketch
    ). ( k Explain why the two waves that you found are referred to as the slow and fast wave.

    c) For each of the two waves, compute
    b x
    J
    t
    E
    J +

    =
    1
    0
    , the sum of displacement plus beam current.
    Note that this term is the source of the magnetic field in Ampres law. Why can the magnetic field be
    ignored in analyzing the beam wave motion?

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