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Nonlineart theory of relativistic beam-plasma instabilities in the regime of the collective Cherenkov effect

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A general mathematical model is proposed that is based on the Vlasov kinetic equation with a self-consistent field and describes the nonlinear dynamics of the electromagnetic instabilities of a relativistic electron beam in a spatially bounded plasma. Two limiting cases are analyzed, namely, high-frequency (HF) and low-frequency (LF) instabilities of a relativistic electron beam, of which the LF instability is a qualitatively new phenomenon in comparison with the known Cherenkov resonance effects. For instabilities in the regime of the collective Cherenkov effect, the equations containing cubic nonlinearities and describing the nonlinear saturation of the instabilities of a relativistic beam in a plasma are derived by using the methods of expansion in small perturbations of the trajectories and momenta of the beam electrons. Analytic expressions for the amplitudes of the interacting beam and plasma waves are obtained. The analytical results are shown to agree well with the exact solutions obtained numerically from the basic general mathematical model of the instabilities in question. The general mathematical model is also used to discuss the effects associated with variation in the constant component of the electron current in a beam-plasma system.

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  1. L.N. Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University, pr. Lenina 125, Tula, 300026, Russia

    Yu. V. Bobylev

  2. Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    M. V. Kuzelev

  3. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. A. Rukhadze

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Original Russian Text © Yu.V. Bobylev, M.V. Kuzelev, A.A. Rukhadze, 2008, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 122–139.

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Bobylev, Y.V., Kuzelev, M.V. & Rukhadze, A.A. Nonlineart theory of relativistic beam-plasma instabilities in the regime of the collective Cherenkov effect. Plasma Phys. Rep. 34, 103–120 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X08020037

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