{"title":"Numerical scheme for evaluating the collision integrals for triple interactions in relativistic plasma","authors":"M. Prakapenia, I. Siutsou, G. Vereshchagin","doi":"10.1063/5.0022931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0022931","url":null,"abstract":"Binary interactions in relativistic plasma, such as Coulomb and Compton scattering as well as pair creation and annihilation are well known and studied in details. Triple interactions, namely relativistic bremsstrahlung, double Compton scattering, radiative pair production, triple pair production/annihilation and their inverse processes, are usually considered as emission processes in astrophysical problems, as well as in laboratory plasmas. Their role in plasma kinetics is fundamental [1]. We present a new conservative scheme for computation of Uehling-Uhlenbeck collision integral for all triple interactions in relativistic plasma based on direct integration of exact QED matrix elements. Reaction rates for thermal distributions are compared, where possible, with the corresponding analytic expressions, showing good agreement. Our results are relevant for quantitative description of relativistic plasmas out of equilibrium, both in astrophysical and laboratory conditions.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76340642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Jirka, P. Sasorov, S. Bulanov, G. Korn, B. Rus, S. V. Bulanov
{"title":"Reaching high laser intensity by a radiating electron","authors":"M. Jirka, P. Sasorov, S. Bulanov, G. Korn, B. Rus, S. V. Bulanov","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevA.103.053114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.053114","url":null,"abstract":"Interaction of an electron with the counter-propagating electromagnetic wave is studied theoretically and with the particle-in-cell simulations in the regime of quantum radiation reaction. We find the electron energy in the center of the laser pulse, as it is a key factor for testing the non-linear quantum electrodynamics vacuum properties in the laser-electron collision in the regime of multi-photon Compton scattering and vacuum Cherenkov radiation. With multiparametric analysis we provide the conditions on electron initial energy for reaching the center of the laser pulse and emitting Cherenkov photons.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87606890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Topology of the warm plasma dispersion relation at the second harmonic electron cyclotron resonance layer","authors":"P. L. Joostens, E. Westerhof","doi":"10.1063/5.0033880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0033880","url":null,"abstract":"The Warm Plasma Dispersion Relation, for waves in the electron cyclotron resonance range of frequencies, can be cast into the form of a bi-quadratic equation for $N_perp$, where the coefficients are a function of $N_perp^2$ and an iterative procedure is required to obtain a solution. However, this iterative procedure is not well understood and fails to converge towards a solution at the second harmonic resonance layer. In particular at higher densities where the wave can couple to an electron Bernstein wave. This paper focuses on a solution to the poor convergence of the iterative method, enabling determination of the topology of the dispersion relation around the second harmonic using a fully relativistic code for oblique waves. A feed-forward controller is proposed with the ability to adjust the rotation of a step of $N_perp^2$ within the complex plane, while also limiting the step-size. It is shown that implementation of the controller stabilizes unstable solutions, while improving overall robustness of the iteration. This allows the evaluation of the coupling between the fast extraordinary mode and electron Bernstein waves at the second harmonic electron cyclotron resonance layer, for non-perpendicularly propagating waves.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83669567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Mitteau, S. Berrebi, P. Chappuis, Ph. Darses, A. Dufayet, L. Garampon, D. Guilhem, M. Lipa, V. Martin, H. Roche
{"title":"Non destructive testing of actively cooled plasma facing components by means of thermal transient excitation and infrared imaging.","authors":"R. Mitteau, S. Berrebi, P. Chappuis, Ph. Darses, A. Dufayet, L. Garampon, D. Guilhem, M. Lipa, V. Martin, H. Roche","doi":"10.1016/B978-0-444-82762-3.50081-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-82762-3.50081-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84704506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Marquès, P. Loiseau, J. Bonvalet, M. Tarisien, E. D'humieres, J. Domange, F. Hannachi, L. Lancia, O. Larroche, P. Nicolaï, P. Puyuelo-Valdes, L. Romagnani, J. Santos, V. Tikhonchuk
{"title":"Over-critical sharp-gradient plasma slab produced by the collision of laser-induced blast-waves in a gas jet: Application to high-energy proton acceleration","authors":"J. Marquès, P. Loiseau, J. Bonvalet, M. Tarisien, E. D'humieres, J. Domange, F. Hannachi, L. Lancia, O. Larroche, P. Nicolaï, P. Puyuelo-Valdes, L. Romagnani, J. Santos, V. Tikhonchuk","doi":"10.1063/5.0031313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0031313","url":null,"abstract":"The generation of thin and high density plasma slabs at high repetition rate is a key issue for ultra-high intensity laser applications. We present a scheme to create such plasma slabs, based on the propagation and collision in a gas jet of two counter-propagating blast waves (BW). Each BW is launched by a sudden and local heating induced by a nanosecond laser beam that propagates along the side of the jet. The resulting cylindrical BW expands perpendicular to the beam. The shock front, bent by the gas jet density gradient, pushes and compresses the plasma toward the jet center. By using two parallel ns laser beams, this scheme enables to tailor independently two opposite sides of the jet, while avoiding the damage risks associated with counterpropagating laser beams. A parametric study is performed using two and three dimensional hydrodynamic, as well as kinetic simulations. The BWs bending combined with the collision in a stagnation regime increases the density by more than 10 times and generates a very thin (down to few microns), near to over-critical plasma slab with a high density contrast (> 100), and a lifetime of a few hundred picoseconds. Two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are used to study the influence of plasma tailoring on proton acceleration by a high-intensity sub-picosecond laser pulse. Tailoring the plasma not only at the entrance but also the exit side of the ps-pulse enhances the proton beam collimation, increases significantly the number of high energy protons, as well as their maximum energy.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73587135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of dynamic ions on band structure of plasmon excitations","authors":"M. Akbari-Moghanjoughi","doi":"10.1063/5.0026298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0026298","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we develop a new method to study the plasmon energy band structure in multispecies plasmas. Using this method, we investigate plasmon dispersion band structure of different plasma systems with arbitrary degenerate electron fluid. The linearized Schrodinger-Poisson model is used to derive appropriate coupled pseudoforce system from which the energy dispersion structure is calculated. It is shown that the introduction of ion mobility, beyond the jellium (static ion) model with a wide plasmon energy band gap, can fundamentally modify the plasmon dispersion character leading to a new form of low-level energy band, due to the electron-ion band structure mixing. The effects ionic of charge state and chemical potential of the electron fluid on the plasmonic band structure indicate many new features and reveal the fundamental role played by ions in the phonon assisted plasmon excitations in the electron-ion plasma system. Moreover, our study reveals that ion charge screening has a significant impact on the plasmon excitations in ion containing plasmas. The energy band structure of pair plasmas confirm the unique role of ions on the plasmon excitations in many all plasma environments. Current research helps to better understand the underlying mechanisms of collective excitations in charged environment and the important role of heavy species on the elementary plasmon quasiparticles. The method developed in this research may also be extended for complex multispecies and magnetized quantum plasmas as well as to investigation the surface plasmon-polariton interactions in nanometallic structures.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"17 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91462767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Nosenko, M. Pustylnik, M. Rubin-Zuzic, A. Lipaev, A. Zobnin, A. Usachev, H. Thomas, M. Thoma, V. Fortov, O. Kononenko, A. Ovchinin
{"title":"Shear flow in a three-dimensional complex plasma in microgravity conditions","authors":"V. Nosenko, M. Pustylnik, M. Rubin-Zuzic, A. Lipaev, A. Zobnin, A. Usachev, H. Thomas, M. Thoma, V. Fortov, O. Kononenko, A. Ovchinin","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033404","url":null,"abstract":"Shear flow in a three-dimensional complex plasma was experimentally studied in microgravity conditions using Plasmakristall-4 (PK-4) instrument on board the International Space Station (ISS). The shear flow was created in an extended suspension of microparticles by applying the radiation pressure force of the manipulation-laser beam. Individual particle trajectories in the flow were analyzed and from these, using the Navier-Stokes equation, an upper estimate of the complex plasma's kinematic viscosity was calculated in the range of $0.2$--$6.7~{rm mm^2/s}$. This estimate is much lower than previously reported in ground-based experiments with 3D complex plasmas. Possible reasons of this difference are discussed.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89462006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Symmetric ideal magnetofluidostatic equilibria with nonvanishing pressure gradients in asymmetric confinement vessels","authors":"N. Sato","doi":"10.1063/5.0028155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0028155","url":null,"abstract":"We study the possibility of constructing steady magnetic fields satisfying the force balance equation of ideal magnetohydrodynamics with tangential boundary conditions in asymmetric confinement vessels, i.e. bounded regions that are not invariant under continuous Euclidean isometries (translations, rotations, or their combination). This problem is often encountered in the design of next-generation fusion reactors. We show that such configurations are possible if one relaxes the standard assumption that the vessel boundary corresponds to a pressure isosurface. We exhibit a smooth solution that possesses an Euclidean symmetry and yet solves the boundary value problem in an asymmetric ellipsoidal domain while sustaining a non-vanishing pressure gradient. This result provides a definitive answer to the problem of existence of regular ideal magnetofluidostatic equilibria in asymmetric bounded domains. The question remains open whether regular asymmetric solutions of the boundary value problem exist.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74274137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Maslov, D. Bondar, V. Grigorencko, I. Levchuk, I. Onishchenko
{"title":"CONTROL OF CHARACTERISTICS OF SELF-INJECTED AND ACCELERATED ELECTRON BUNCH IN PLASMA BY LASER PULSE SHAPING ON RADIUS, INTENSITY AND SHAPE","authors":"V. Maslov, D. Bondar, V. Grigorencko, I. Levchuk, I. Onishchenko","doi":"10.46813/2019-124-039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46813/2019-124-039","url":null,"abstract":"At the laser acceleration of self-injected electron bunch by plasma wakefield it is important to form bunch with small energy spread and small size. It has been shown that laser-pulse shaping on radius, intensity and shape controls characteristics of the self-injected electron bunch and provides at certain shaping small energy spread and small size of self-injected and accelerated electron bunch.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"175 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81618991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increase of amplitude of accelerating wakefield excited by sequence of short relativistic electron bunches in plasma at magnetic field use","authors":"D. Bondar, I. Levchuk, V. Maslov, I. Onishchenko","doi":"10.26565/2312-4334-2017-2-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26565/2312-4334-2017-2-02","url":null,"abstract":"Earlier, the authors found a mechanism for the sequence of short relativistic electron bunches, which leads to resonant excitation of the wakefield, even if the repetition frequency of bunches differs from the plasma frequency. In this case, the synchronization of frequencies is restored due to defocusing of the bunches which get into the bad phases with respect to the plasma wave. However, in this case, the bunches are lost, which as a result of this do not participate in the excitation of the wakefield. In this paper, numerical simulation was used to study the dynamics of electron bunches and the excitation of the wakefield in a magnetized plasma by a long sequence of short bunches of relativistic electrons. When a magnetic field is used, the defocussed bunches return to the region of interaction with the field after a certain time. In this case, the electrons of the bunches, returning to the necessary phases of the field, participate in the excitation of the wakefield. Also, the use of a magnetic field leads to an increase of the frequency of the excited wave relative to the repetition frequency of bunches. The latter increases the time for maintaining the resonance and, consequently, leads to an increase of the amplitude of the excited wakefield.","PeriodicalId":8461,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Plasma Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88887928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}