Studies at Cornell University show experimental evidence for an anomalous electron-ion energy transfer in a relativistic-electron-beam-heated plasma that is 10³ times faster than can be predicted by classical processes. Electron cooling, ion heating, and a constant total plasma perpendicular energy on a time scale of {~}1 {μ}sec after electron-beam injection are consistent with an empirically derived electron-ion energy equipartion time in the presence of current-driven instabilities.
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