Coherent Electromagnetic Structures in Relativistic Plasmas

  • F. Pegoraro
  • , S. V. Bulanov
  • , F. Califano
  • , T. Zh Esirkepov
  • , T. V. Lisejkina
  • , M. Lontano
  • , N. M. Naumova
  • , H. Ruhl
  • , A. S. Sakharov
  • , V. A. Vshivkov

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Abstract

Relativistic electromagnetic low-frequency solitary waves are found to occur in underdense plasmas in regimes where the laser pulse becomes filamented and undergoes energy depletion and frequency downshifting. These slowly propagating "subcycle-solitons" represent one of the channels of conversion of the laser pulse energy. Electron vortices and their associated quasistatic magnetic field represent a different important type of long lived coherent electromagnetic structures. Their generation is related to the dynamics of fast electron currents in the plasma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-93
Number of pages5
JournalPhysica Scripta T
Volume84
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2000
Externally publishedYes

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