Relativistic nonlinear effects in plasmas

PK Shukla, NN Rao, MY Yu, NL Tsintsadze - Physics Reports, 1986 - Elsevier
The purpose of this article is to present a review of the nonlinear effects associated with
relativistic electron-mass variation and the ponderomotive force in unmagnetized as well as …

[BOG][B] Plasma physics

K Nishikawa, M Wakatani - 2000 - books.google.com
Plasma Physics-Basic Theory with Fusion Applications presents a thorough treatment of
plasma physics, beginning at an introductory level and including an extensive discussion of …

Propagation of ultraintense laser pulses through overdense plasma layers

S Guérin, P Mora, JC Adam, A Héron, G Laval - Physics of Plasmas, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
Due to relativistic effects, a large amplitude electromagnetic wave can propagate in a
classically overdense plasma with ω2 p≳ ω2≳ ω2 p/γ, where ω p is the plasma frequency, ω …

Modulational and Raman instabilities in the relativistic regime

S Guérin, G Laval, P Mora, JC Adam, A Heron… - Physics of …, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
A large amplitude electromagnetic wave propagating in a plasma is known to be subject to
severe modulational and Raman instabilities. Previous works were devoted to the weakly …

Stimulated scattering of light by ion modes in a homogeneous plasma: Space‐time evolution

BI Cohen, CE Max - The Physics of Fluids, 1979 - pubs.aip.org
Stimulated Brillouin scattering, filamentation, and induced Thomson scattering are studied
for a coherent electromagnetic plane wave propagating in a uniform plasma. A generalized …

Influence of a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave on a magnetized plasma

L Stenflo - Physica Scripta, 1976 - iopscience.iop.org
Influence of a Circularly Polarized Electromagnetic Wave on a Magnetized Plasma Page 1
Physica Scripta Influence of a Circularly Polarized Electromagnetic Wave on a Magnetized …

Relativistic laser pulse compression in plasmas with a linear axial density gradient

A Sharma, I Kourakis - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The self-compression of a relativistic Gaussian laser pulse propagating in a non-uniform
plasma is investigated. A linear density inhomogeneity (density ramp) is assumed in the …

Parametric instability of a relativistically strong electromagnetic wave

CE Max - The Physics of Fluids, 1973 - pubs.aip.org
The stability of a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave that is strong enough to make
plasma electrons, but not ions, relativistic is studied. Small perturbations are considered …

Strong electromagnetic pulses in magnetized plasmas

NN Rao, PK Shukla, MY Yu - The Physics of fluids, 1984 - pubs.aip.org
Circularly polarized intense electromagnetic waves along an external magnetic field can
nonlinearly produce large amplitude field‐aligned electrostatic potentials. The relevant two …

Spatiotemporal evolution of high-power relativistic laser pulses in electron-positron-ion plasmas

A Sharma, I Kourakis, PK Shukla - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2010 - APS
The spatiotemporal pulse dynamics of a high-power relativistic laser pulse interacting with
an electron-positron-ion plasmas is investigated theoretically and numerically. The …