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Electron beams propagating in current-carrying plasma channels proposed for ICF reactors generate an electric field which drives a return current. This electric field reduces the electron energy and also causes an expansion of the trajectory envelope. The scaling of this effect is discussed and estimates of its importance for reactor-level conditions are presented.
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Freeman et al. (1979) studied this question.
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