MAGNETIC INTERACTION AND MAGNETIC WAKE OF HIGH-INTENSITY LASER-PULSESIN PLASMAS

Authors
BULANOV SV ESIRKEPOV TZ LONTANO M PEGORARO F PUKHOV AM
Citation
Sv. Bulanov et al., MAGNETIC INTERACTION AND MAGNETIC WAKE OF HIGH-INTENSITY LASER-PULSESIN PLASMAS, Physica scripta. T, T63, 1996, pp. 280-283
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica scripta. T → ACNP
ISSN journal
02811847
Volume
T63
Year of publication
1996
Pages
280 - 283
Database
ISI
SICI code
0281-1847(1996)T63:<280:MIAMWO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Super-intense laser pulses produce quasi-static magnetic fields in pla smas. The mutual attraction of the currents inside the self-focused ch annels, arising from the pulse filamentation, makes them interact magn etically and coalesce into a single channel. Pulses of finite length p ropagate in the shape of a ''bullet'' and produce a wake consisting of a row of electron vortices.