Published December 30, 2002
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Journal article
Three-dimensional relativistic electromagnetic subcycle solitons
- 1. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)
- 2. Advanced Photon Research Center, JAERI, Kizu-minami, Kyoto-fu 619-0215 (Japan)
- 3. University of Pisa and INFM, via Buonarroti 2, Pisa 56100 (Italy)
Description
Three-dimensional (3D) relativistic electromagnetic subcycle solitons were observed in 3D particle-in-cell simulations of an intense short-laser-pulse propagation in an underdense plasma. Their structure resembles that of an oscillating electric dipole with a poloidal electric field and a toroidal magnetic field that oscillate in phase with the electron density with frequency below the Langmuir frequency. On the ion time scale, the soliton undergoes a Coulomb explosion of its core, resulting in ion acceleration, and then evolves into a slowly expanding quasineutral cavity
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.275002;
- arXiv
- arXiv:physics/0211105v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 89
- Journal Issue
- 27
- Journal Page Range
- p. 275002-275002.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35030374
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC DIPOLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; ELECTRON DENSITY; LANGMUIR FREQUENCY; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMA WAVES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SOLITONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DIPOLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; MULTIPOLES; PLASMA; PULSES; QUASI PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; SIMULATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2002 The American Physical Society