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New Basic Theory from Laser-Plasma Double Layers: Generalization to Degenerate Electrons and Nuclei

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The study of laser-plasma interaction resulted in several extensions and new developments of plasma theory including the general formulation of the nonlinear force of laser-plasma interaction, the importance of collisions, quantum collisions and to the discovery of dynamic internal electric fields and double layers in inhomogeneous plasmas. The resulting surface tension in cavitons and at plasma boundaries (due to the faster emitted electrons) results in stabilization against Raleigh-Taylor instability. The same occurs with the degenerate electron gas within the ion lattice of a metal: the electrons try to leave the ion lattice with the Fermi energy until a double layer is being built up. The resulting surface tension immediately agrees with measured values from metals. This can be applied to explain the driving surface force of the Marangoni flow by the flow the electrons in the electron layer swimming at the metal surface. We further derive Hofstadter’s charge decay in nuclei from a Debye length and calculate the measured surface energy of nuclei.

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    H. Hora, S. Eliezer & R. S. Pease

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    H. Hora, A. Scharmann & D. Schwabe

  3. SOREQ NRC, Yavne, 70600, Israel

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  4. Culham Laboratories, Abingdon, Oxon, England

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Hora, H., Eliezer, S., Pease, R.S., Scharmann, A., Schwabe, D. (1991). New Basic Theory from Laser-Plasma Double Layers: Generalization to Degenerate Electrons and Nuclei. In: Hora, H., Miley, G.H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3804-2_25

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