We demonstrate that a relativistic electron beam is properly described in the moving frame by the electron-magnetohydrodynamic equations of plasma physics. For large beam currents, the accelerator magnetic field is expected to be unstable to the fast magnetic reconnection. We present a plausible saturated state of the fast reconnection, in the form of a complex vortex pattern. The nonlinear dispersion equations of the vortex are derived and the relationship between the vortex structure and the background magnetic field is discussed. © 2000 The American Physical Society.
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Jovanović, D., Fedele, R., & Shukla, P. K. (2000). Vortices in relativistic electron beams. Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 62(2), 2782–2788. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.62.2782
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