Macroscopic evidence of soliton formation in multiterawatt laser-plasma interaction
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01/03/2002
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| Resumo |
A novel physical phenomenon has been observed following the interaction of an intense (10(19) W/cm(2)) laser pulse with an underdense plasma. Long-lived, macroscopic bubblelike structures have been detected through the deflection that the associated electric charge separation causes in a proton probe beam. These structures are interpreted as the remnants of a cloud of relativistic solitons generated in the plasma by the ultraintense laser pulse. This interpretation is supported by an analytical study of the soliton cloud evolution, by particle-in-cell simulations, and by a reconstruction of the proton-beam deflection. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.135002 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036536670&partnerID=8YFLogxK |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
| Fonte |
Borghesi , M , Bulanov , S , Campbell , D H , Clarke , R J , Zh , E T , Galimberti , M , Gizzi , L A , Mackinnon , A J , Naumova , N , Pegoraro , F , Ruhl , H , Schiavi , A & Willi , O 2002 , ' Macroscopic evidence of soliton formation in multiterawatt laser-plasma interaction ' Physical Review Letters , vol 88(13) , no. 13 , 135002 , pp. 135002-1-135002-4 . DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.135002 |
| Palavras-Chave | #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100 #Physics and Astronomy(all) |
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article |
