Calculation of the electrostatic tracking force in the transport of relativistic electron beams in Ohmic plasma channels of low conductivity

The interaction force between a paraxial relativistic electron beam and a preformed Ohmic plasma channel of low conductivity is calculated in the electrostatic limit. The dependence of this force on the channel conductivity and the distance from the beam front is found for concrete parameters of the relativistic electron beam and various values of the beam current rise rate. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 78–80 (December 1997)