Ion dynamics and coherent structure formation following laser pulse self-channeling

Year: 2007

Authors: Macchi A., Bigongiari A., Ceccherini F., Cornolti F., Liseikina T. V., Borghesi M., Kar S., Romagnani L.

Autors Affiliation: CNR, INFM, polyLab, Pisa, Italy
Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis Enrico Fermi, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Math & Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland

Abstract: The propagation of a superintense laser pulse in an underdense, inhomogeneous plasma has been studied numerically by two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations on a time scale extending up to several picoseconds. The effects of the ion dynamics following the charge-displacement self-channeling of the laser pulse have been addressed. Radial ion acceleration leads to the

Journal/Review: PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

Volume: 49 (12)      Pages from: B71  to: B78

KeyWords: laser-plasma interactions; self-focusing of laser beams; particle-in-cell simulations; coherent electromagnetic structures;
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S05

Citations: 16
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