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Classification and stability of plasma motion in periodic linearly polarized relativistic waves

Source: Phys. Plasmas 17, 072102 (2010); doi:10.1063/1.3449591

Published 8 July 2010

KEYWORDS and PACS
Keywords
PACS
  • 52.38.-r
    Laser-plasma interactions
  • 52.27.Ny
    Relativistic plasmas
  • 52.35.Mw
    Nonlinear phenomena: plasma waves, wave propagation and other interactions
  • YEAR: 2010
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G. Lehmann and K. H. Spatschek
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Based on a relativistic fluid-Maxwell model, laser-induced plasma dynamics is investigated for relativistic periodic waves. Within a one-dimensional (1D) description, the Akhiezer–Polovin model is applied to the existence of periodic, nonlinearly coupled electromagnetic and electrostatic waves, and the corresponding particle motion. Known existence criteria for periodic solutions are generalized. The corresponding stability behaviors are investigated by 1D integrators of the relativistic fluid-Maxwell model. It is shown that in contrast to the vacuum solution, linearly polarized coupled electromagnetic-electrostatic waves are unstable in plasmas. The magnitudes of the growth rates are investigated in terms of the maximum amplitudes and normalized phase velocities. ©2010 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 23 March 2010; accepted 19 May 2010; published 8 July 2010
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