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The nonlinear stage of instability of an annular electron beam spatially separated from an annular plasma is investigated. The equations describing coupled waves for an arbitrary ratio between the beam and plasma densities are derived. It is shown that instability saturates at distances on the order of several inverse spatial growth rates. The saturation is caused by relativistic nonlinearity, generation of the second harmonic, and low-frequency modulation of the electromagnetic field. At larger distances, resonant generation of low-frequency beam oscillations becomes a dominant factor. In the case of a low-density beam, an expression for the maximum power of the generated plasma wave is obtained in an explicit form.
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Original Russian Text © A.M. Ignatov, 2012, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2012, Vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 684–692.
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Ignatov, A.M. Nonlinear theory of coupled waves exemplified by beam-plasma instability. Plasma Phys. Rep. 38, 627–635 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X12080132
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