Radiation Reaction Effects on Electron Nonlinear Dynamics and Ion Acceleration in Laser-Solid Interaction

Year: 2011

Authors: Tamburini M., Pegoraro F., Di Piazza A., Keitel C.H., Liseykina T.V., Macchi A.

Autors Affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica “E. Fermi”, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy;
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany;
Institute of Computer Technologies, SD-RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia;
Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Germany;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR, Research unit “A. Gozzini”, Pisa, Italy

Abstract: Radiation Reaction (RR) effects in the interaction of an ultra-intense laser pulse with a thin plasma foil are investigated analytically and by two-dimensional (2D3P) Particle-In-Cell (PIC) simulations. It is found that the radiation reaction force leads to a significant electron cooling and to an increased spatial bunching of both electrons and ions. A fully relativistic kinetic equation including RR effects is discussed and it is shown that RR leads to a contraction of the available phase space volume. The results of our PIG simulations are in qualitative agreement with the predictions of the kinetic theory. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal/Review: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Volume: 653      Pages from: 181  to: 185

KeyWords: Radiation reaction; Ion acceleration; Laser–plasma interaction; Radiation pressure;
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.056

Citations: 60
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