Laser generated wake fields as a new diagnostic tool for magnetized plasmas
Plasma Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In the presence of an external magnetic field, wake fields generated by a short laser pulse can propagate out of the plasma, and thereby provide information about the electron density profile. A method for reconstructing the density profile from a measured wake field spectrum is proposed and a numerical example is given. Finally, we compare our proposal with existing plasma density diagnostic techniques.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0006020,
title = {Laser generated wake fields as a new diagnostic tool for magnetized plasmas},
author = {Martin Servin and Gert Brodin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0006020},
year = {2007}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures