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A self-similar solution for expansion into a vacuum of a collisionless plasma bunch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

A. V. BAITIN  and
K. M. KUZANYAN
A. V. BAITIN
Affiliation:
Russian Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’, Kurchatov Square, 123182 Moscow, Russia
K. M. KUZANYAN
Affiliation:
Russian Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’, Kurchatov Square, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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Abstract

The process of expansion into a vacuum of a collisionless plasma bunch with relativistic electron temperature is investigated for the one-dimensional case. Self-similar solutions for the evolution of the electron distribution function and ion acceleration are obtained, taking account of cooling of the electron component of plasma for the cases of non-relativistic and ultrarelativistic electron energies.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 83 - 90
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press

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