Magnetic interaction and magnetic wake of high intensity laser pulses in plasmas

被引:7
作者
Bulanov, SV
Esirkepov, TZ
Lontano, M
Pegoraro, F
Pukhov, AM
机构
[1] CNR,INST PLASMA PHYS,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
[2] MOSCOW INST PHYS & TECHNOL,DOLGOPRUDNYI,RUSSIA
[3] UNIV TURIN,DEPT THEORET PHYS,I-10125 TURIN,ITALY
[4] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT,D-85748 GARCHING,GERMANY
来源
PHYSICA SCRIPTA | 1996年 / T63卷
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D O I
10.1088/0031-8949/1996/T63/052
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Super-intense laser pulses produce quasi-static magnetic fields in plasmas. The mutual attraction of the currents inside the self-focused channels, arising from the pulse filamentation, makes them interact magnetically and coalesce into a single channel. Pulses of finite length propagate in the shape of a ''bullet'' and produce a wake consisting of a row of electron vortices.
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页码:280 / 283
页数:4
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