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Numerical analysis of self-generated magnetic field excited by transverse plasmons in a laser-produced plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2002

S. Q. LIU
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Academic Sinica, Nanjing, China and Department of Physics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China
X. Q. LI
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

Abstract

Abstract. We study numerically the collapse behavior of self-generated magnetic fields described by the nonlinear coupling equations in laser-produced plasmas. The results show that magnetic fields self-generated by transverse pumping plasmons near critical points may collapse, leading to the enhancement of magnetic fields about up to 0.18 MG and 1.8 MG at laser irradiances of 1012 W cm−2 and 1016 W cm−2 respectively, which are similar to the experimental results.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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