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Beam–plasma dynamics in finite-length, collisionless inhomogeneous systems

Abstract

This study investigates the streaming instability triggered by ion motion in a plasma system that is finite in length, collisionless, and inhomogeneous. Employing numerical simulations using particle-in-cell techniques and kinetic equations, the study examines how inhomogeneity emerges from integrating a cold ion beam with a background plasma within a confined system. The findings suggest that steady ion flow can modify ion sound waves through acoustic reflections from system boundaries, leading to instability. Such phenomena are known to be a hydrodynamic effect. However, there are also signatures of the beam-driven ion sound instability where kinetic resonances play a pivotal role. The main objective is to understand the impact of a finite-length system on beam–plasma instability and to identify the wave modes supported in such configurations.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Rinku Mishra
  • R. Moulick
  • Sayan Adhikari
  • Sigvald Marholm
  • Anders Eklund
  • Wojciech Jacek Miloch

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Industry / Sustainable Energy Technology
  • University of Oslo
  • India
  • Institute for Energy Technology

Year

2024

Published in

Physics of Plasmas

ISSN

1070-664X

Volume

31

Issue

10

View this publication at Norwegian Research Information Repository