Stability analysis of sheared non-neutral relativistic cylindrical electron beams in applied magnetic fields

A self-consistent stability analysis of relativistic non-neutral cylindrical electron flows propagating along applied magnetic fields is considered within the framework of the macroscopic cold-fluid-Maxwell equations. The full influence of the equilibrium self-electric and self-magnetic fields is retained. Then the E x B drift (E being the radial electric field created by the uncompensated charge) generates a radial shear, v_z(r) and v₀(r). The effect of the shear in the axial velocity component, as reflected in the relative axial motion of adjacent concentric layers of beam particles, is investigated. The self-consistent treatment of the problem thus shows that the equilibrium state considered in this paper is unstable.