Neutralization and focusing of intense charged particle beam pulses by electrons form the
basis for a wide range of applications to high energy accelerators and colliders, heavy ion …

Transport of particle beams in plasmas is widely employed in fundamental research,
industry, and medicine. Due to the high inertia of ion beams, their transport in plasmas is …

It is shown that the application of a weak solenoidal magnetic field along the direction of ion
beam propagation through a neutralizing background plasma can significantly enhance the …

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 …

We describe near-term heavy ion fusion (HIF) research objectives associated with
developing an inertial fusion energy demonstration power plant. The goal of this near-term …

Space-charge neutralization is required to compress and focus a pulsed high-current ion
beam on a target for warm dense matter physics or heavy ion fusion experiments. We …

The collective focusing concept in which a weak magnetic lens provides strong focusing of
an intense ion beam pulse carrying a neutralizing electron background is investigated by …

Stable and efficient transport of particle beams through plasma is a frequent topic in particle–
matter interactions. In plasma, intense ion beams can focus and flap because of the self …

Neutralized drift compression offers an effective means for particle beam pulse compression
and current amplification. In neutralized drift compression, a linear longitudinal velocity tilt …