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Theory of runaway electrons in a Lorentz plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India

Abstract

A formal method of multiple scales is used to study the effect of a harmonically varying applied uniform electric field, of magnitude much smaller than the Dreicer critical field Ec, on the runaway electrons in a Lorentz plasma.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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