Self-trapped electron acceleration from the nonlinear interplay between Raman forward scattering, self-focusing, and hosing

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 2105-2116

  Tzeng, K C ^a,c   Mori, W B ^a   Katsouleas, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c Capital Management Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0001326792     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873463     Document Type: Article

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