Published July 18, 2003
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Journal article
Resistive collimation of electron beams in laser-produced plasmas
Creators
- 1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
Description
Intense relativistic electron beams, produced by high-intensity short-pulse laser irradiation of a solid target, have many potential applications including fusion by fast ignition. Using a unique Fokker-Planck code, supported by analytic calculations, we show that fast electrons can be collimated into a beam even when the fast electron source is not strongly anisotropic, and we derive a condition for collimation to occur
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 91
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 035003-035003.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35048175
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAM OPTICS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FOCUSING; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA HEATING; RELATIVISTIC PLASMA
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; HEATING; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA
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- Notes
- (c) 2003 The American Physical Society