Macroscopic evidence of soliton formation in multiterawatt laser-plasma interaction
Year: 2002
Authors: Borghesi M., Bulanov S., Campbell D.H., Clarke R.J., Esirkepov T.Z., Galimberti M., Gizzi L.A., MacKinnon A.J., Naumova N.M., Pegoraro F., Ruhl H., Schiavi A., Willi O.
Autors Affiliation: Queens Univ Belfast, Dept Pure & Appl Phys, Belfast, Antrim North Ireland;
Russian Acad Sci, Inst Gen Phys, Moscow, Russia;
Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London, England;
Rutherford Appleton Lab, Cent Laser Facil, Chilton, England;
Moscow Inst Phys & Technol, Dolgoprudnyi, Russia;
CNR, Ist Fis Atom & Mol, I-56127 Pisa, Italy;
Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA;
Max Born Inst Quantenopt, Berlin, Germany;
Univ Pisa, Dept Phys, I-56100 Pisa, Italy;
INFM, I-56100 Pisa, Italy;
Univ Dusseldorf, Inst Laser & Plasmaphys, D-4000 Dusseldorf, Germany
Abstract: A novel physical phenomenon has been observed following the interaction of an intense (10(19) W/cm(2)) laser pulse with an underdense plasma. Long-lived, macroscopic bubblelike structures have been detected through the deflection that the associated electric charge separation causes in a proton probe beam. These structures are interpreted as the remnants of a cloud of relativistic solitons generated in the plasma by the ultraintense laser pulse. This interpretation is supported by an analytical study of the soliton cloud evolution, by particle-in-cell simulations, and by a reconstruction of the proton-beam deflection.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume: 88 (13) Pages from: 135002-1 to: 135002-4
KeyWords: rayleigh-taylor instability; solids; waves; beams; DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.135002ImpactFactor: 7.323Citations: 221data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-11-24References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here
