A coupled two-step plasma instability in PW laser plasma interactions
A possible new mechanism for anomalous ion heating in ultra-intense laser plasmas is considered here. This mechanism is based on the excitation of an electron two-stream instability that is driven by the fast electron beam and resonantly decays into ion-acoustic waves. These low frequency waves are...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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