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Self-consistent dynamics of electromagnetic pulses and wakefields in laser-plasma interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2011

A. Bonatto ,
R. Pakter  and
F.B. Rizzato
A. Bonatto*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
R. Pakter
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
F.B. Rizzato
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: A Bonatto, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15051, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. E-mail: abonatto@if.ufrgs.br
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Abstract

In the present analysis we study the time dependent, self-consistent propagation of nonlinear electromagnetic pulses in plasmas. Interactions of the electromagnetic pulses and wakefields are fully taken into account, from which one obtains accurate information on pulse time dependent dynamics and stability. While wide pulses may or may not retain the localized shape depending on their power, narrower pulses always tend to delocalize as time evolves.

Keywords

AcceleratorLangrangianLaserPlasmaVariational approachWakefield
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 399 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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