Warm fluid theory of a thermal rigid-rotor equilibrium for a charged particle beam in a periodic solenoidal focusing magnetic field

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Abstract

A warm fluid theory of a thermal rigid-rotor equilibrium for a charged particle beam in a periodic solenoidal focusing magnetic field is presented. Warm fluid equilibrium equations are solved in the paraxial approximation. The equation of state is obtained. The numerical algorithm for solving the self-consistent Poisson's equation is discussed. Density profiles are calculated numerically for low-intensity and high-intensity beams. Temperature effects in such beams are investigated.

*Research supported by AFOSR and DOE.

Authors

  • Ksenia Samokhvalova

  • Jing Zhou

  • Chiping Chen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT/PSFC
    • MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
    • Intense Beam Theoretical Research Group, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139