Formation of electromagnetic postsolitons in plasmas

N. M. Naumova; S. V. Bulanov; T. Zh Esirkepov; D. Farina; K. Nishihara; F. Pegoraro; H. Ruhl; A. S. Sakharov

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.185004

Formation of electromagnetic postsolitons in plasmas

N. M. Naumova
, S. V. Bulanov
, T. Zh Esirkepov
, D. Farina
, K. Nishihara
, F. Pegoraro
, H. Ruhl
, A. S. Sakharov

Max-Born-Institute
Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Istituto di Fisica del Plasma
Ev-K2-CNR Committee
Institute of Laser Engineering
Osaka University
Department of Physics
University of Pisa

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Abstract

With particle-in-cell simulations we show that electromagnetic relativistically strong solitons, formed in the wake of the laser pulse during the interaction of a high-intensity ultrashort laser pulse with a collisionless plasma, evolve asymptotically into postsolitons. A postsoliton is a slowly expanding cavity in the ion and electron densities which traps electromagnetic energy. Fast ions are accelerated during the postsoliton formation. Postsolitons are elementary components of the relativistic electromagnetic turbulence in laser-irradiated plasmas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	185004-1-185004-4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	87
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.185004
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Formation of electromagnetic postsolitons in plasmas

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