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A rotating relativistic beam of energy 500 keV and current 20-40 kA is injected into a preformed plasma of density nₚ between 10¹² and 10¹⁴ cm^-3. It is observed that optimum coupling of beam energy to the plasma occurs at nₚnb, where nb is the beam density. The peak plasma temperature is about 1 keV. The heated plasma undergoes radial oscillations characteristic of the magnetosonic mode. The results are interpreted with a new theoretical model.
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