Interaction of electromagnetic waves with plasma in the radiation-dominated regime

Plasma Physics Reports - Tập 30 - Trang 196-213 - 2004
S. V. Bulanov1,2,3, T. Zh. Esirkepov2,3, J. Koga2, T. Tajima2
1Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
2Advanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI-Kansai), Kizu, Kyoto, Japan
3Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, Russia

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A study is made of the main regimes of interaction of relativistically strong electromagnetic waves with plasma under conditions in which the radiation from particles plays a dominant role. The discussion is focused on such issues as the generation of short electromagnetic pulses in the interaction of laser light with clusters and highly efficient ion acceleration in a thin plasma slab under the action of the ponderomotive pressure of the wave. An approach is developed for generating superintense electromagnetic pulses by means of up-to-date laser devices.

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