MECHANISMS FOR MAGNETIC-FIELD GENERATION IN LASER PLASMAS

Authors
BYCHENKOV VY KASYANOV YS SARKISOV GS TIKHONCHUK VT
Citation
Vy. Bychenkov et al., MECHANISMS FOR MAGNETIC-FIELD GENERATION IN LASER PLASMAS, JETP letters, 58(3), 1993, pp. 184-190
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
58
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
184 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1993)58:3<184:MFMGIL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The spatial-temporal structure of magnetic fields in a laser plasma ha s been studied by a Faraday-effect method for the first time, at incid ent beam intensities approximately 5 X 10(14) W/cm2. Analysis of the e xperimental data shows that the magnetic fields are generated as a res ult of the excitation of a thermal emf and a ponderomotive emf. The sp atial structure of the magnetic field indicates that this field has an important effect on the hydrodynamics of the plasma corona.