Journal article

Publication year: 1992

Pages: 1278-1281

Journal: Physical review A

Volume number: 45

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 1050-2947

eISSN: 1094-1622

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.45.1278

Publisher: American Physical Society

Abstract: 
Fast ions are emitted from the focus of a high-intensity laser beam irradiating a plasma. The self-focusing of the laser beam is caused by the dependence of the index of refraction on the relativistic mass of the electrons, which again depends on the electric-field strength. The ions are accelerated out of the laser focus due to the combined action of nonlinear forces and double layers. Results for the maximal energy and angular distribution of the ions are presented and compared with experimental data.

Harvard Citation style: HAUSER, T., SCHEID, W. and HORA, H. (1992) THEORY OF IONS EMITTED FROM A PLASMA BY RELATIVISTIC SELF-FOCUSING OF LASER-BEAMS, Physical review A, 45(2), pp. 1278-1281. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.45.1278

APA Citation style: HAUSER, T., SCHEID, W., & HORA, H. (1992). THEORY OF IONS EMITTED FROM A PLASMA BY RELATIVISTIC SELF-FOCUSING OF LASER-BEAMS. Physical review A. 45(2), 1278-1281. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.45.1278