Radiation friction modeling in superintense laser-plasma interactions
Year: 2011
Authors: Macchi A., Tamburini M., Pegoraro F., Lyseikina T.V.
Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR, research unit “Adriano Gozzini”, Pisa, Italy;
Dipartimento di Fisica “Enrico Fermi”, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy;
Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
Abstract: Radiation Friction or Reaction (RR) effects are important for highly relativistic electrons in superintense electromagnetic fields and are thus expected to play a crucial role in next-term experiments. It is therefore important to include RR in particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of laser-plasma by an appropriate modeling, keeping the essential RR effects into account while retaining at the same time the capability to perform large-scale simulations. We describe a suitable approach, based on the Landau-Lifshitz equation, which allows the insertion of RR in PIC codes in a modular way and with a very reduced computational cost. Properties of the kinetic equation with RR which is effectively solved by the PIC method are also discussed. We then present the results of multi-dimensional PIC simulations, mainly on radiation pressure acceleration of thin foil targets, addressing the importance of RR effects and showing the strong role played by the laser pulse polarization.
Journal/Review: PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE
Volume: 8075 Pages from: 807509 to: 807509
KeyWords: Laser-Plasma Interactions; Radiation Pressure; Radiation Reaction; Ion Acceleration; DOI: 10.1117/12.889127Citations: 1data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-11-10References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here
