Numerical modeling of radiation-dominated and quantum-electrodynamically strong regimes of laser-plasma interaction

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Sokolov, Igor V ^a   Naumova, Natalia M ^b   Nees, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSED BEAMS; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PHOTONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 80053528772     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3638138     Document Type: Article

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