Exchange of Energy Between Collectively-interacting Beams of Positive and Negative Ions
Gabovich M.D., Naida A.P.
We report here the first experimental observation of the effect of exchange of energy between beams of charged particles in a system of mutually penetrating beams of positive and negative ions producing a quasi-neutral synthesized plasma. The different signs of the interacting particles make it possible to analyze separately their velocity distribution functions in the same velocity interval (such an analysis is impossible in the case of charged particles having the same sign).