Original scientific paper
Resonant instability of semi-infinite plasma with sheared electron stream
S. Vuković
; Institute of P.O. Box 57, 11001 Beograd
A. Yu. Kyrie
; Lebedev Physical Institute of the Academy of Sciences oj USSR, Moscow 117333, USSR
Abstract
We present a linear theory of surface wave instability due to electron stream shear near the plasma boundary. lt is shown that in the case of a small shear the increment is exponentially small while for large shear it turns to be proportional to electron plasma frequency.
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325472
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Publication date:
6.8.1979.
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