Mitigating the hosing instability in relativistic laser-plasma interactions

A new physical model of the hosing instability that includes relativistic laser pulses and moderate densities is presented and derives the density dependence of the hosing equation. This is tested against two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. These simulations further examine the feasibility...

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Main Authors: Ceurvorst, L, Ratan, N, Levy, M, Kasim, M, Sadler, J, Scott, R, Trines, R, Huang, T, Skramic, M, Vranic, M, Silva, L, Norreys, P
Format: Journal article
Published: Institute of Physics 2016