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Interplay of collisions and temperature on the filamentary structures of a relativistic electron beam in plasmas

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A systematic study on the Weibel instability induced filamentation of a relativistic electron beam is made by including the effects of collisions and temperature. The stabilization and de-stabilization of the beam filamentation due to beam temperature and plasma collisions, respectively, is explored through an analytical model and PIC simulations. The de-stabilization of the beam filamentation is attributed to the collision driven negative energy wave generation in the beam plasma system.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Naveen Kumar

  2. Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany

    A. Karmakar

  3. Institut für Theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    A. Pukhov

  4. Department of Physics and Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin, One University Station, Austin, TX, 78712, USA

    G. Shvets

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Kumar, N., Karmakar, A., Pukhov, A. et al. Interplay of collisions and temperature on the filamentary structures of a relativistic electron beam in plasmas. Eur. Phys. J. D 55, 415–420 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2009-00102-1

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