SURFACE-WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN A CYLINDRICAL PLASMA SUBMITTED TO A STATIC MAGNETIC-FIELD

A new theoretical model for the study of the surface-wave-particle int eractions in a plasma column in the presence of a constant external ma gnetic field has been developed. The model is based on the linear reso lution of the Vlasov equation by the method of characteristics, with t he specular reflection hypothesis at the wall. The expression obtained for the rate of increase of kinetic energy per electron permits the a nalysis of the influence of the critical parameters in this transferen ce process. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.