Dynamics of a plasma channel created by the wakefield of a short laser pulse

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1124-1134

  Gorbunov, L M ^a   Mora, P ^b   Solodov, A A ^c,d  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER PULSES; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA WAVES;

PLASMA CHANNELS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 0037392113     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1559011     Document Type: Article

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