Electron cavitation and relativistic self-focusing in underdense plasma

被引：52
作者：
Feit, MD
Komashko, AM
Musher, SL
Rubenchik, AM
Turitsyn, SK
机构：
[1] Univ Calif Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Appl Sci, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[3] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Automat & Electrometry, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1998年 / 57卷 / 06期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevE.57.7122
中图分类号：
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号：
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要：
An improved cavitation model shows that stable beam channeling and electron cavitation occur for relativistic laser intensities even at powers hundreds of times larger than the critical power for self-focusing.
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页码：7122 / 7125
页数：4
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