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The steepening and breaking of the velocity-modulated ion beam in phase space is observed experimentally. Depending on the range of velocity perturbation amplitude, three different types of beam evolution are identified. A simple theory which takes into account the ion-temperature effect explains the observed behavior of the beam.
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Ikezi et al. (1980) studied this question.
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