Anomalous Self-Generated Electrostatic Fields in Nanosecond Laser-Plasma Interaction

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العنوان: Anomalous Self-Generated Electrostatic Fields in Nanosecond Laser-Plasma Interaction
المؤلفون: Lancia, L., Grech, M., Weber, S., Marquès, J. -R., Romagnani, L., Nakatsutsumi, M., Antici, P., Bellue, A., Bourgeois, N., Feugeas, J. -L., Grismayer, T., Lin, T., Nicolaï, Ph., Nkonga, B., Audebert, P., Kodama, R., Tikhonchuk, V. T., Fuchs, J.
المصدر: Phys. Plasmas 18, 030705 (2011)
سنة النشر: 2011
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Plasma Physics
الوصف: Electrostatic (E) fields associated with the interaction of a well-controlled, high-power, nanosecond laser pulse with an underdense plasma are diagnosed by proton radiography. Using a current 3D wave propagation code equipped with nonlinear and nonlocal hydrodynamics, we can model the measured E-fields that are driven by the laser ponderomotive force in the region where the laser undergoes filamentation. However, strong fields of up to 110 MV/m measured in the first millimeter of propagation cannot be reproduced in the simulations. This could point to the presence of unexpected strong thermal electron pressure gradients possibly linked to ion acoustic turbulence, thus emphasizing the need for the development of full kinetic collisional simulations in order to properly model laser-plasma interaction in these strongly nonlinear conditions.
Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physics of Plasmas
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1063/1.3555522
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.0730
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1101.0730
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv