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The wave-particle interactions in a beam-plasma system in the presence of finite but small thermal motions of the particles are investigated in the linear as well as nonlinear regime. During the linear growth, the thermal motions are found to have a stabilizing effect. The nonlinear evolution is studied by using the Perturbed Orbit Formalism. Due to the thermal motions the nonlinear saturation of growth is found to take place at a level lower than that of the cold case. A detailed study of the energy balance shows that nonresonant particles pick up a bigger fraction of the energy lost by the streaming motion of the beam, thus leading to more efficient ‘heating’.
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Sharma, A.S., Buti, B. Nonlinear saturation of hot beam-plasma instability. Pramana - J. Phys. 6, 329–342 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872182
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