Analytic ion self-pinch formulae
Abstract
Expressions are derived for the distance over which an ion beam will pinch to its first node for four cases: A—axially injected solid cylindrical beam; B—solid beam with geometric focus; C—hollow cylindrical beam; D—converging disk beam.
- Publication:
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Physics of Fluids
- Pub Date:
- September 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.862791
- Bibcode:
- 1979PhFl...22.1831W
- Keywords:
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- Ion Beams;
- Plasma Control;
- Plasma Pinch;
- Inertial Fusion (Reactor);
- Mathematical Models;
- Plasma Physics