Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of energetic electron generation and transport with relativistic laser pulses in overdense plasmas

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Sentoku, Y ^a   Mima, K ^a   Sheng, Z M ^a   Kaw, P ^b   Nishihara, K ^a   Nishikawa, K ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH   (India)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; PLASMAS;

MAGNETIC CHANNELS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL (PIC) SIMULATIONS; PLASMA CORE; PLASMA ELECTRONS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 37649030968     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.046408     Document Type: Article

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