Bow wave from ultra-intense electromagnetic pulses in plasmas
Plasma Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Computational Physics
Fluid Dynamics
Space Physics
Abstract
We show a new effect of the bow wave excitation by an intense short laser pulse propagating in underdense plasma. Due to spreading of the laser pulse energy in transverse direction, the bow wave causes a large-scale transverse modulation of the electron density. This can significantly increase the electric potential of the wake wave since the wake wave is generated in the region much wider than the laser pulse waist.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0809.4586,
title = {Bow wave from ultra-intense electromagnetic pulses in plasmas},
author = {T. Zh. Esirkepov and Y. Kato and S. V. Bulanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4586},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures