Dense and relativistic plasmas produced by compact high-intensity lasers

被引:6
作者
Umstadter, D [1 ]
Chen, SY [1 ]
Ma, G [1 ]
Maksimchuk, A [1 ]
Mourou, G [1 ]
Nantel, M [1 ]
Pikuz, S [1 ]
Sarkisov, G [1 ]
Wagner, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Ctr Ultrafast Opt Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
关键词
acceleration of particles; MHD; plasmas; relativity;
D O I
10.1086/313340
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
High-intensity lasers interacting with plasmas are used to study processes in the laboratory that would otherwise only occur in astrophysics. These include relativistic plasmas, electron acceleration in ultrahigh held-gradient wake fields, pressure ionization and continuum lowering in strongly coupled plasmas, and X-ray line emission via Raman scattering.
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页码:513 / 518
页数:6
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