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Plasma Electron Kinetics and Distribution Functions in Laser Fields

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A concise review of the properties of electron distribution functions in a fully ionized plasma in the presence of a high-frequency laser field is presented. In detail is discussed the physical origin of most of the reported results in the case of strong fields. The presence of a laser field, through the inverse bremsstrahlung absorption, alters dynamically the roles of and the interplay between electron–ion and electron–electron collisions shaping the distribution function. Special attention is paid to the role of e–e collisions in the process of laser–plasma interaction.

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Acknowledgements

One of the authors (G.F.) wishes to acknowledge the fruitful collaborations and discussions with S.A. Uryupin (Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow), M. Zarcone (Palermo University), P.I. Porshnev and O.V. Petrova (Minsk University). R.L.O. acknowledges the financial support by the Palermo University. This work is part of the research program of Italian–Russian Forum for Laser Physics and Technologies.

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Ferrante, G., Oliveri, R.L. (2010). Plasma Electron Kinetics and Distribution Functions in Laser Fields. In: Yamanouchi, K., Gerber, G., Bandrauk, A. (eds) Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 99. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15054-8_10

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