Investigating Return Current from Electron Beam in Plasma

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The discussion focuses on the generation of return current in plasma during the interaction with an electron beam. When an electron beam is introduced into a plasma medium, it creates a positive charge at the source and a negative charge at the target, resulting in a potential difference that drives current flow. This phenomenon is classified under plasma physics rather than particle physics, emphasizing the unique behaviors of charged particles in a plasma environment.

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Hello everybody.

I have a question about generation of return current in plasma beam interaction process:

we enter an electron beam in a plasma medium, and this electron beam generate a return current in plasma, I want to know how electron current can produce a return current in plasma?
thanks
 
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If you shoot enough electrons, the source gets positively charged and your target gets a negative charge. A potential difference in a conducting medium leads to a current flow.
I don't think this is particle physics.
 
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But it is plasma physics.
 

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