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Generation of magnetic fields by the ponderomotive force of electromagnetic waves in dense plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

P. K. SHUKLA ,
NITIN SHUKLA  and
L. STENFLO
P. K. SHUKLA
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany (ps@tp4.ruhr-uni-bochum.de)
NITIN SHUKLA
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, SE-90187Sweden
L. STENFLO
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, SwedenDepartment of Physics, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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Abstract

We show that the non-stationary ponderomotive force of a large-amplitude electromagnetic wave in a very dense quantum plasma with streaming degenerate electrons can spontaneously create d.c. magnetic fields. The present result can account for the seed magnetic fields in compact astrophysical objects and in the next-generation intense laser–solid density plasma interaction experiments.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 25 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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