Abstract

Simulation studies of the response of an inhomogeneous plasma to an unneutralized electron beam have led to an analytic theory of the energy transfer from the beam to ambient ions. Energy is transferred to the plasma by the ion-hybrid resonance and is retained because of phase-mixing.

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