Effect of Multiple Scattering of a Relativistic Electron Beam in a Gas–Plasma Medium on the Dynamics of the Resistive Hose Instability

Abstract

We consider the effect of the multiple Coulomb scattering on the spatial dynamics of the relativistic hose instability of a relativistic electron beam propagating along an Ohmic plasma channel. It is shown that the enhancement of scattering noticeably suppresses this instability.