A Cubic Micron of Equilibrium Pair Plasma?
Plasma Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
Is it possible to create a small volume of equilibrium pair plasma in the laboratory with an intense laser pulse? No. The required power would exceed 10^{18} W. The number of seed particles required to absorb the laser energy would approach the number of pairs in the desired plasma, and their radiation in a visible laser field would occur at extremely high frequencies.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9806027,
title = {A Cubic Micron of Equilibrium Pair Plasma?},
author = {J. I. Katz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9806027},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pp., Proc. 2nd Workshop on Laboratory Astrophysics with Intense Lasers