Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Magnetic Fields and Solitons in Relativistic Plasmas

  • Chapter
Atoms, Solids, and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields

Abstract

In this paper we show that relativistic nonlinearities in a plasma interacting with ultra short high intensity laser pulses, lead to the formation of long-lived, slowpropagating coherent structures such as magnetic vortices and solitons. These structures are part of the complex nonlinear interaction between the laser pulse and the underdense plasma and represent the basic ingredients of the long time electron behaviour in the wake of the laser pulse.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. J.M. Dawson, Phys. Plasmas,6, 4436 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. S.V. Bulanov, T.Zh. Esirkepov, et al., J. Plasma Fusion Res.,75, No. 5 (1999).

    Google Scholar 

  3. N. Krall, A. Trivelpiece, Principles of Plasma Physics, (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978).

    Google Scholar 

  4. A.S. Kingsep, K.V. Chukbar, V.V. Yan’kov, 1990,Reviews of Plasma Physics, ed. by B. Kadomtsev, (Consultants Bureau, New York, N.Y.) 16, 243.

    Google Scholar 

  5. J. Stamper, K. Papadopoulos, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.,26,1012 (1971);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. J.A. Stamper, Laser Part. Beams 9, 841 (1991).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. M.G. Haines, Can. J. Phys.,64, 912 (1986).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. S.C. Wilks, W.C. Kruer, M. Tabak, A.B. Langdon, Phys. Rev. Lett.,69, 1383 (1992).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. R.N. Sudan, Phys. Rev. Lett.,70, 3075 (1993).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. V.Yu. Bychenkov, V.I. Demin, V.T. Tikhonchuk, Sov. Phys. JETP,105, 118 (1994).

    Google Scholar 

  11. M. Tabak, Y. Hammer, et al., Phys. Plasmas,1, 1626 (1994);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. R.J. Mason, M. Tabak, Phys. Rev. Lett.,80, 524 (1998).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. G.A. Askar’yan, S.V. Bulanov, F. Pegoraro, A.M. Pukhov, JETP Letters,60, 240 (1994).

    Google Scholar 

  14. L. Gorbunov, P. Mora, T.M. Antonsen, Jr. Phys. Rev. Lett.76, 2495 (1996).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. A. Pukhov, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, Phys. Rev. Lett.76, 3975 (1996).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. L. Gorbunov, R. Ramazashvili, Sov. Phys. JETP,87, 461 (1998).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. M. Borghesi, A.J. Mackinnon, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.80, 5137 (1998);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. M. Borghesi, A.J. Mackinnon, et. al., Phys. Rev. Lett.81, 112 (1998).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Y. Sentoku. K. Mima, S-i. Kojima, H. Ruhl, Phys. Plasmas,7, 689 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. E.W. Weibel, Phys. Rev. Lett.,2, 83, (1959).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. G.A. Askar’yan, S.V. Bulanov, el al., Comm. Plasma Physics Contr. Fusion,17, 35, (1995);

    Google Scholar 

  22. G.A. Askar’yan, S.V. Bulanov, et. al.. Plasma Physics Reports,21, 835, (1995);

    Google Scholar 

  23. S.V. Bulanov, T.Zh. Esirkepov, el al., Physica Scripta, T63, 280 (1996);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. F. Pegoraro, S.V. Bulanov, el al., Physica Scripta, T63, 262 (1996);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. F. Pegoraro, S.V. Bulanov, et al., in Superstrong Fields in Plasma, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 426, p. 113,

    Google Scholar 

  26. M. Lontano, G. Mourou, F. Pegoraro, E. Sindoni eds., (AIP, New York, 1998).

    Google Scholar 

  27. G.A. Askar’yan, S.V. Bulanov, el al.. Plasma Phys. Contr. Fusion,39, 137 (1997);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. F. Califano, R. Prandi, el al., in Superstrong Fields in Plasma, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 426, p.123

    Google Scholar 

  29. 123, M. Lontano, G. Mourou, F. Pegoraro, E. Sindoni eds., (AIP, New York, 1998).

    Google Scholar 

  30. S.V. Bulanov, T.Zh. Esirkepov,et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.,76, 3562, (1996).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. A. D. Steiger, C. H. Woods, Phys. Rev. A,5, 1467 (1971);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. V. Yu. Bychenkov, V. P. Silin, V. T. Tikhonchuk, Sov. Phys. JETP,98, 1269 (1990).

    Google Scholar 

  33. F. Califano, F. Pegoraro, S.V. Bulanov, Phys. Rev.,E 56, 963 (1997);

    Google Scholar 

  34. F. Califano, R. Prandi, el al., Phys. Rev. E58, 7837 (1998);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. F. Califano, R. Prandi, et al., Journal of Plasma Physics60, 331 (1998) and references therein.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. F. Califano, F. Pegoraro, S.V. Bulanov, A. Mangeney, Phys. Rev., E57, 7048 (1998).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  37. F. Califano, F. Pegoraro, S.V. Bulanov, Phys. Rev. Lett.84, 3602 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  38. P. Gibbon, Phys. Rev. Lett.,73, 664 (1994).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  39. S.V. Bulanov, N.M. Naumova, F. Pegoraro, Phys. Plasmas,1, 745 (1994).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  40. A.R. Bell, Phys. Plasmas,1, 1643 (1994);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  41. J.R. Davies, A. R. Bell, el al., Phys. Rev. E56, 7193 (1997);

    Google Scholar 

  42. A.R. Bell, J.R. Davies S.M. Guerin, Phys. Rev. E58, 2471 (1998);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  43. J.R. Davies, A.R. Bell, M. Tatarakis, Phys. Rev. E59, 6032 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  44. A. Pukhov, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, Phys. Rev. Lett.79, 2686 (1997);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  45. M. Honda, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, A. Pukhov, Phys. Rev. Lett.85, 2128 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  46. T.A. Hall, S. Ellwi, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.81 , 1003 (1998).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  47. A. Norreys, M. Santala, et al., Phys. Plasmas6, 2150 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  48. H. Ruhl, A. Macchi, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.82, 2095 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  49. An-C. Tien, S. Backus, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.82, 3883 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  50. L. Gremillet, F. Amiranoff, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.83, 5015 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  51. E.L. Clark, K. Krushelnick, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.84, 670 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  52. H. Alfvén, Phys. Rev.55, 425 (1939);

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  53. J.D. Lawson, J. Nucl. Energy, C 1, 31 (1959);

    Google Scholar 

  54. M. Honda, Phys. Plasmas,7, 1606 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  55. T. Esirkepov, Y. Sentoku, et al., JETP Letters,70 , 82(1999);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  56. S. Bulanov, F. Califano, et al., Plasma Physics Reports25, 468 (1999);

    Google Scholar 

  57. S. Bulanov, N. Naumova, et al., JETP Letters,71, 407 (2000);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  58. Y. Sentoku, T.V. Liseikina, et al., Phys. Rev. E, (2000).

    Google Scholar 

  59. A. Pukhov, Z-M, Sheng, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, Phys. Plasmas,6 2847 (1999).

    Google Scholar 

  60. P.A. Norreys, R. Allott, et al., Phys. Plasmas,7, 3721 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  61. M. H. Key, et al., in Proceedings of First Conference of Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, Bordeaux, France, 1999, (Elsevier, Paris, 2000).

    Google Scholar 

  62. G. Sarkisov, V. Bychenkov, et al., JETP Letters,66, 828 (1997);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  63. G. Sarkisov, et al., Phys. Rev. E59, 7042 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  64. S.V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, et al., Plasma Physics Reports23, 284, (1997).

    Google Scholar 

  65. A. Hasegawa, K. Mima, Phys. Rev. Lett.39, 205 (1997);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  66. A. Hasegawa, K. Mima, Phys. Fluids21, 87 (1978).

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  67. A.V. Gordeev, S.V. Levchenko, JETP Letters,67, 482 (1998);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  68. A.V. Gordeev, S.V. Levchenko, JETP Letters,7O, 648 (1999).

    Google Scholar 

  69. S.V. Bulanov, T.Zh. Esirkepov, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.,82, 3440 (1999);

    Article  Google Scholar 

  70. Y.Sentoku, T.Zh. Esirkepov, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.,83, 3434 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  71. T.Zh. Esirkepov, F.F. Kamenets, et al., JETP Letters,68, 36 (1998).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  72. S.V. Bulanov, F. Califano, et al., Physica D, in press (2000).

    Google Scholar 

  73. F. Pegoraro, S.V. Bulanov, et al., Physica Scripta T84, 89 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  74. D. Farina, M Lontano, S.V. Bulanov, Phys. Rev., E62, 4146 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  75. N L. Tsintsadze, D.D. Tskhakaya, Sov. Phys. JETP,45, 252 (1977);

    Google Scholar 

  76. N.L. Tsintsadze, et al., Phys. Rev., E58, 4890 (1998).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  77. V.A. Kozlov, A.G. Litvak, E.V. Suvorov, Sov. Phys. JETP,76, 148 (1979).

    Google Scholar 

  78. P.K. Shukla, et al., Phys. Fluids,27, 327 (1984).

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  79. K. Mima, T. Ohsuga, H. Takabe, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.,57, 1421 (1986).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  80. P.K. Kaw, A. Sen, T. Katsouleas, Phys. Rev. Lett.,68, 3172 (1992).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  81. H.H. Kuehl, et al., Phys. Rev., E47, 1249 (1993).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  82. V.I. Berezhiani, S.M. Mahajan, Phys. Rev. Lett.,73, 1110 (1994).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  83. R.N. Sudan, Ya.S. Dimant, O.B. Shiryaev, Phys. Plasmas,4 , 1489 (1997).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  84. A.I. Akhiezer, R.V. Polovin, Sov. Phys. JETP30, 915 (1956).

    MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  85. T. Kurki-Suonio, P.J. Morrison, T. Tajima, Phys. Rev., A40, 3230 (1982).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  86. V. E. Zakharov, Sov. Phys. JETP,35, 908 (1972);

    Google Scholar 

  87. E. A. Kuznetsov, A. M. Rubenchik, V. E. Zakharov, Phys. Rep.,142, 105 (1986);

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  88. E. A. Kuznetsov,Chaos 6, 381 (1996).

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  89. G.-Z. Sun, E. Ott, Y. C. Lee, P. Guzdar, Phys. Fluids,30, 526 (1987).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  90. S.V. Bulanov, I.N. Inovenkov, V.I. Kirsanov, et al., Phys. Fluids B4, 1935 (1992).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  91. H. Chen, C. Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett.37, 693 (1976).

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Physics Department, Pisa University and INFM, Pisa, Italy

    F. Pegoraro

  2. General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia

    S. Bulanov & N. Naumova

  3. INFM, Pisa, Italy

    F. Califano

  4. Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia

    T. Esirkepov

  5. Institute for Plasma Physics, CNR, Milan, Italy

    M. Lontano

  6. Institute of Computation Technology, SD RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

    V. Vshivkov

Authors
  1. F. Pegoraro
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. S. Bulanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. F. Califano
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. T. Esirkepov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. M. Lontano
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. N. Naumova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. V. Vshivkov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Dimitri Batani

  2. Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    Charles J. Joachain

  3. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

    Sergio Martellucci

  4. Hughes Research Laboratories, Inc., Malibu, California, USA

    Arthur N. Chester

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2001 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Pegoraro, F. et al. (2001). Magnetic Fields and Solitons in Relativistic Plasmas. In: Batani, D., Joachain, C.J., Martellucci, S., Chester, A.N. (eds) Atoms, Solids, and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1351-3_11

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1351-3_11

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4613-5511-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-1351-3

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation