Direct-drive heavy ion beam (HIB) inertial confinement fusion (ICF), or HIF would be a
promising future energy source for society. Particle accelerators produce HIBs with precise …

In this work, we characterize the formation and evolution of electrostatic solitary waves
(ESWs) in the space-charge neutralization of ion beams using particle-in-cell simulations …

Ion beam charge neutralization by electron injection is a complex kinetic process. Recent
experiments show that the resulting self-potential of the ion beam after neutralization by …

Unusually long electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) are discovered in a particle-in-cell
simulation study of the process of ion beam neutralization by electron emission from a …

A low-energy multipole line cusp ion source with two-grid extraction system has been
developed and characterized for studying the role of the charge exchange processes on ion …

The long-time evolution of the two-stream instability of a cold tenuous ion beam pulse
propagating through the background plasma with density much higher than the ion beam …

The current and charge neutralization of charged particle beams by background plasma
enable ballistic beam propagation and have a wide range of applications in inertial fusion …

Propagation of charged particle beams in background plasma as a method of space charge
neutralization has been shown to achieve a high degree of charge and current …

The self-focusing condition of a charged particle beam in a resistive plasma has been
studied. When plasma heating is weak, the beam focusing is intensified by increasing the …

This work studies the fundamental plasma processes involved in the neutralization of an ion
beam's space-charge by electrons emitted by a filament using Particle-in-Cell simulations …