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Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 225–228 (1997)

Rigid-Rotor Vlasov Equilibrium for an Intense Charged-Particle Beam Propagating through a Periodic Solenoidal Magnetic Field

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Chiping Chen and Renato Pakter
Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Ronald C. Davidson
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08543

Received 3 April 1997; published in the issue dated 14 July 1997

A new rigid-rotor Vlasov equilibrium is obtained for an intense, axisymmetric charged-particle beam with uniform density in the radial direction propagating through a periodic solenoidal focusing field. The beam envelope equation is derived, and examples of periodically focused rigid-rotor Vlasov equilibria are presented. Statistical properties and possible applications of the present beam equilibrium are also discussed.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.225
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.225
PACS:
29.27.Bd, 41.75.-i, 41.85.-p