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Ion acceleration by multiple laser pulses and their spontaneous electromagnetic fields in plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

FEN-CE CHEN
FEN-CE CHEN*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Physics, Fujian Educational Institute, Fuzhou 350001, People's Republic of China ([email protected])
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Abstract

The acceleration of ions by multiple laser pulses and their spontaneously generated electric and magnetic fields is investigated by using an analytical model for the latter. The relativistic equations of motion of test charged particles are solved numerically. It is found that the self-generated axial electric field plays an important role in the acceleration, and the energy of heavy test ions can reach several gigaelectronvolts.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 111 - 118
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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