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Giga-Gauss scale quasistatic magnetic field generation with laser

Plasma Physics 2014-09-19 v1

Abstract

A simple setup for the generation of ultra-intense quasistatic magnetic fields is proposed and analysed. Estimations and numerical Particle-In-Cell calculations show that magnetic fields of gigagauss scale may be generated with conventional powerful relativistic lasers interacting with the appropriate targets of a special geometry. The setup may be useful for a wide range of applications, from laboratory astrophysics to magnetized ICF schemes.

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@article{arxiv.1409.5246,
  title  = {Giga-Gauss scale quasistatic magnetic field generation with laser},
  author = {Philipp Korneev and Emmanuel D'Humieres and Vladimir Tikhonchuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.5246},
  year   = {2014}
}