Beam instabilities in laser-plasma interaction: Relevance to preferential ion heating
We propose a new mechanism for anomalous ion heating in ultraintense laser plasmas. This mechanism is based on the excitation of an electron two-stream instability that is driven by the fast electron beam that resonantly decays into ion-acoustic waves. These low frequency waves are then strongly dam...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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