MECHANISM FOR THE GENERATION OF 10(9) G-MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE INTERACTION OF ULTRAINTENSE SHORT LASER-PULSE WITH AN OVERDENSE PLASMA TARGET

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SUDAN, RN
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[1] Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3075
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The physical mechanism for the generation of very high ''dc'' magnetic fields in the interaction of ultraintense short laser pulse with an overdense plasma target originates in the spatial gradients and non-stationary character of the ponderomotive force. A set of model equations to determine the evolution of the ''dc'' fields is derived and it is shown that the ''dc'' magnetic field is of the same order of magnitude as the high frequency laser magnetic field.
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