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The dynamics of transient electric fields generated by the interaction of high intensity laser pulses with underdense plasmas has been studied experimentally with the proton projection imaging technique. The formation of a charged channel,…

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Optics · Physics 2016-04-20 Maxim Durach , Natalia Noginova

In the general setting of the problem, the explicit compact formulae are derived for the ponderomotive forces in the macroscopic electrodynamics of moving media in the Minkowski and Abraham approaches. Taking account of the Minkowski…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-11-09 V. V. Nesterenko , A. V. Nesterenko

We investigate analytically and numerically a nonlinear modification of the magnetospheric plasma density under the action of the ponderomotive force induced by ULF traveling waves, using the nonlinear stationary force balance equation.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 A. K. Nekrasov , F. Z. Feygin

We present a self-consistent two-dimensional fluid model of the temporal and spatial development of the One Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma (OAUGDP$^{\circledR}$). Continuity equations for electrically charged species N$_2^+$,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mario J. Pinheiro

A case of moving one-dimensional electromagnetic (EM) solitons formed in a relativistic interaction of a linearly polarized laser light with underdense cold plasma is investigated. The relativistic Lorentz force in an intense laser light…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ljupco Hadzievski , Ana Mancic , Milos Skoric

A 2D slab approximation of the interactions of electrons with intense linearly polarized laser radiation and static electric and magnetic fields is widely used for both numerical simulations and simplified semi-analytical models. It is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-02-02 Yanzeng Zhang , S. I. Krasheninnikov

We review recent PIC simulation results which show that double-sided irradiation of a thin over- dense plasma slab by ultra-intense laser pulses from both sides can lead to sustained comoving acceleration of surface electrons to energies…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Edison Liang

We study the laser-driven acceleration of electrons from overdense hydrogen clusters to energies of up to 13 MeV in laser forward direction and several hundreds of keV in an outer ring-like structure. The use of cryogenic hydrogen allows…

We consider ponderomotive forces acting on small particles in propagating wave packets (pulses). Specifically, we analyze simple point particles as well as composite dipole and dumbbell particles in the fields of forward-propagating…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-19 Yury Bliokh

This research demonstrates high-repetition-rate laser-accelerated ion beams via dual, intersecting, counterpropagating laser-driven blast waves to precisely shape underdense gas into long-lived near-critical density targets. The collision…

The Washimi and Karpman ponderomotive interaction due to electromagnetic waves propagation is investigated for unmagnetized plasmas described by a isotropic Kappa distribution. We performed a brief analysis of the influence of the Kappa…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Joaquín Espinoza-Troni , Felipe A Asenjo , Pablo S Moya

In the study of plasma, particularly in applications involving strong laser-plasma interactions, the propagation of a strong electromagnetic wave induces relativistic velocities in the electron flow. Given such conditions, the wave…

Periodically-modulated potentials in the form of light fields have previously been applied to induce reversible phase transitions in dilute colloidal systems with long-range interactions. Here we investigate whether similar transitions can…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Matthew C. Jenkins , Stefan U. Egelhaaf

Understanding plasma self-magnetization is one of the fundamental challenges in both laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. Self-magnetization can modify the plasma transport properties, altering the dynamical evolution of plasmas. Multiple…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 K. V. Lezhnin , S. R. Totorica , J. Griff-McMahon , M. Medvedev , H. Landsberger , A. Diallo , W. Fox

The ponderomotive force is involved in a variety of space plasmas phenomena which are characterized by the family of Kappa distributions. Therefore, evaluating these nonthermal effects in the ponderomotive force is required. The Washimi and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-05-29 Joaquín Espinoza-Troni , Felipe A Asenjo , Pablo S Moya

From the equilibrium condition $\delta S=0$ applied to an isolated thermodynamic system of electrically charged particles and the fundamental equation of thermodynamics ($dU = T dS-(\mathbf{f}\cdot d\mathbf{r})$) subject to a new procedure,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-05-11 Mario J. Pinheiro

The dependence of the mean kinetic energy of laser-accelerated electrons on the laser intensity, so-called ponderomotive scaling, was derived theoretically with consideration of the motion of a single electron in oscillating laser fields.…

We observe momentum transfer in the ponderomotive potential of near-infrared (NIR) laser pulses in time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (tr-ARPES) experiments with ultrashort extreme ultraviolet probe pulses. Acceleration of…

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This paper explores plasma wave modes using the extended magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD) model, incorporating Hall drift and electron inertia effects. We utilize the geometric optics ansatz to study perturbed quantities, with a focus on…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Noura E. Shorba , Abeer A. Mahmoud , Hamdi M. Abdelhamid