Development of diocotron instability in the squeezed state of a relativistic electron beam

Abstract

Nonlinear nonstationary processes in a beam-plasma system containing a hollow intense relativistic electron beam with an overcritical current in the squeezed state are studied numerically. The emergence and development of diocotron instability in the squeezed state, which leads to formation of vortex structures, is analyzed in detail, and the effect the magnitude of the external magnetic field has on the processes of structure formation in the beam is investigated.