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An efficient approach that considers a high-intensity twisted laser of moderate energy (few J) is proposed to generate collimated proton bunches with multi-10-MeV energies from a double-layer hydrogen target. Three-dimensional…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-05-04 Camilla Willim , Jorge Vieira , Victor Malka , Luís O. Silva

(Abridged)Relativistic outflows carrying large scale magnetic fields have large inductive potential and may accelerate protons to ultra high energies. We discuss a novel scheme of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) acceleration due to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Maxim Lyutikov , Rachid Ouyed

In this chapter, we review some features of particle acceleration in astrophysical jets. We begin by describing four observational results relating to the topic, with particular emphasis on jets in active galactic nuclei and parallels…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 James Matthews , Anthony Bell , Katherine Blundell

Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies in space, solar, and astrophysical plasma environments. In cosmic ray physics, the "Hillas limit" is often used as a rough estimate (or the necessary condition) of the maximum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-03 Mitsuo Oka , Kazuo Makishima , Toshio Terasawa

We show that when a solid plasma foil with a density gradient on the front surface is irradiated by an intense laser pulse at a grazing angle, around 80 degrees, a relativistic electron vortex is excited in the near-critical-density layer…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-07-18 Longqing Yi , István Pusztai , Alexander Pukhov , Baifei Shen , Tünde Fülöp

Acceleration of protons in the active galactic nuclei is considered. The largest energy is achieved by protons during centrifugal acceleration in the magnetosphere of the central machine. When the proton accelerated in the magnetosphere of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-03 A. A. Gunya , Y. N. Istomin

The paper reports the results of two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of proton beam acceleration at the interactions of a 130 fs laser pulse of intensity from the range of 10^21-10^23 W/cm^2, predicted for the Extreme Light…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-08-01 Jaroslaw Domanski , Jan Badziak , Slawomir Jablonski

We examine ion acceleration by irradiating a hundred TW laser pulse on a double-layer target. It is shown analytically and by three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations that higher energy protons are obtained by using material with a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-03-03 Toshimasa Morita , Sergei V. Bulanov , Timur Zh. Esirkepov , James Koga , Masaki Kando

Fast particles diffusing along magnetic field lines in a turbulent plasma can diffuse through and then return to the same eddy many times before the eddy is randomized in the turbulent flow. This leads to an enhancement of particle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Jason L. Maron

Two-fluid (electron-positron) plasma modelling has shown that inductive acceleration can convert Poynting flux directly into bulk kinetic energy in the relativistic flows driven by rotating magnetized neutron stars and black holes. Here, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-14 John G. Kirk , Gwenael Giacinti

We demonstrate in this research the quasi-monoenergetic electron and proton acceleration through three dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of short petawatt circular polarized laser pulse interactions with near critical density…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-01-25 Ashutosh Sharma

Gradual shear acceleration of energetic particles in gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets is considered. Special emphasis is given to the analysis of universal structured jets, and characteristic acceleration timescales are determined for a power-law…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Frank M. Rieger , Peter Duffy

The radiative acceleration of particles and the electrostatic potential fields that arise in low density plasmas hit by radiation produced by a transient, compact source are investigated. We calculate the dynamical evolution and asymptotic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Zampieri , R. Turolla , L. Foschini , A. Treves

This paper describes the acceleration of high energies protons captured by electrostatic waves in the frame of jet arising in the area of instability of relativistic jet, where spiral structures are excited. The wave has a spatially…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-09 Ya. N. Istomin , A. A. Gunya

Laser-plasma accelerators represent a promising technology for future compact accelerating systems, enabling the acceleration of tens of pC to above $1\,$GeV over just a few centimeters. Nonetheless, these devices currently lack the…

Relativistic outflows carrying large scale magnetic fields have large inductive potential and may accelerate protons to ultra high energies. We discuss a novel scheme of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) acceleration due to drifts in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-12 Maxim Lyutikov , Rachid Ouyed

Ion acceleration using a laser pulse irradiating a thin disk target is examined using three-dimensional and two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. A laser pulse of $620$ TW, with an intensity of $5\times 10^{21}$ W/cm$^{2}$ and a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Toshimasa Morita

A high-intensity laser beam propagating through a dense plasma drives a strong current that robustly sustains a strong quasi-static Mega Tesla-level azimuthal magnetic field. The transverse laser field efficiently accelerates electrons in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-07-22 Z. Gong , F. Mackenroth , T. Wang , X. Q. Yan , T. Toncian , A. V. Arefiev

We investigate by particle-in-cell simulations in two and three dimensions the laser-plasma interaction and the proton acceleration in multilayer targets where a low density "near-critical" layer of a few micron thickness is added on the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Andrea Sgattoni , Pasquale Londrillo , Andrea Macchi , Matteo Passoni

The acceleration of charged particles is relevant to the solar corona over a broad range of scales and energies. High-energy particles are usually detected in concomitance with large energy release events like solar eruptions and flares,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-27 S. Dalena , A. F. Rappazzo , P. Dmitruk , A. Greco , W. H. Matthaeus