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Acceleration of ions by the radiation pressure in a magnetized electron–positron–ion plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2006

P. K. SHUKLA
P. K. SHUKLA
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany ([email protected])
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Abstract

It is shown that the ponderomotive force of magnetic-field aligned circularly polarized electromagnetic waves can create space charge electric fields in a magnetized electron–positron–ion plasma. The space charge electric fields can, in turn, accelerate ions. Possible applications to the origin of energetic ions in laboratory plasmas and astrophysical settings are discussed.

Type
Letter to the Editor
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 159 - 162
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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