Megagauss magnetic field generation and plasma jet formation on solid targets irradiated by an ultraintense picosecond laser pulse

被引：120

作者：

Borghesi, M ^{[1
]}

MacKinnon, AJ ^{[1
]}

Bell, AR ^{[1
]}

Gaillard, R ^{[1
]}

Willi, O ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1998年 / 81卷 / 01期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.112

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

The spatial and temporal evolution of spontaneous megagauss magnetic fields, generated during the interaction of a picosecond pulse with solid targets at irradiances above 5 x 10(18) W/cm(2) have been measured using Faraday rotation with picosecond resolution. A high density plasma jet has been observed simultaneously with the magnetic fields by interferometry and optical emission. Two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations reproduced the main features of the experiment and showed that the jet formation is due to pinching by the magnetic fields.

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页码：112 / 115

页数：4

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