Self-trapping of strong electromagnetic beams in relativistic plasmas
Plasma Physics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Interaction of an intense electromagnetic (EM) beam with hot relativistic plasma is investigated. It is shown that the thermal pressure brings about a fundamental change in the dynamics - localized, high amplitude, EM field structures, not accessible to a cold (but relativisic) plasma, can now be formed under well- defined conditions. Examples of the trapping of EM beams in self-guiding regimes to form stable 2D solitonic structures in a pure e-p plasma are worked out.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0102077,
title = {Self-trapping of strong electromagnetic beams in relativistic plasmas},
author = {V. I. Berezhiani and S. M. Mahajan and Z. Yoshida and M. Ohhashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0102077},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, 6 figures