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Relativistic spherical plasma waves

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Tightly focused laser pulses that diverge or converge in underdense plasma can generate wake waves, having local structures that are spherical waves. Here we study theoretically and numerically relativistic spherical wake waves and their properties, including wave breaking.

Source: Physics of Plasmas

DOI: 10.1063/1.3683001

Authors: S. S. Bulanov, A. Maksimchuk, C. B. Schroeder, A. G. Zhidkov, E. Esarey, W. P. Leemans

Institutions: University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The University of Osaka

Language: English

Topic: Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: Collaborative Research: Graduate Student Training Through Research on Plasma-Based Accelerators