Published November 2005 | Version v1
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Electromagnetic solitons produced by stimulated Brillouin pulsations in plasmas

Creators

  • 1. Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, UMR 5107 CNRS-Universite Bordeaux 1-CEA, Universite Bordeaux 1, 33405 Talence Cedex (France)
  • 2. Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, CNR, Milan, Italy and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy)
  • 3. Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, CNR, Milan (Italy)
  • 4. Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, UMR 5107 CNRS-Universite Bordeaux 1-CEA, Universite Bordeaux 1, 33405 Talence Cedex (France) and Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, UMR 7605 CNRS-CEA-Ecole Polytechnique-Universite Paris VI, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau (France)

Description

Numerical simulations and their theoretical interpretation of the formation of standing electromagnetic solitons produced in a regime of pulsating stimulated Brillouin scattering are presented. The localized field structures are stable, long-living entities and their physical properties are in very good agreement with theoretical predictions of electromagnetic solitons in a hot and dense plasma. They are the final outcome of a specific mode-coupling regime that can be attained for high laser intensities via the transient excitation of kinetic electrostatic nonlinear electron modes

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2136354;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 112107-112107.5
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37085545
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BRILLOUIN EFFECT; COUPLING; ELECTRONS; EXCITATION; HOT PLASMA; LASER RADIATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMA WAVES; PULSATIONS; SOLITONS; TRANSIENTS
Descriptors DEC
COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FERMIONS; INSTABILITY; LEPTONS; PLASMA; QUASI PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION

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(c) 2005 American Institute of Physics