On the theory of the acceleration of plasma electrons during stimulated scattering of an intense laser wave

Authors
Ginzburg, NS Zotova, IV Kuritsyn, AV
Citation
Ns. Ginzburg et al., On the theory of the acceleration of plasma electrons during stimulated scattering of an intense laser wave, TECH PHYS, 44(1), 1999, pp. 1-5
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
TECHNICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
10637842 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1 - 5
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7842(199901)44:1<1:OTTOTA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The mechanism of electron acceleration in the stimulated Raman forward scat tering of a monochromatic laser wave in a cold plasma is investigated theor etically. It is shown that as a result of the stochastic interaction of the electrons with the ponderomotive wave and with plasma waves excited in the scattering process, some of the electrons are accelerated to relativistic energies. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S1063-7842(99)00101-4].