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Collisional effects on the relativistic current-filamentation instability in dense plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2013

B. Hao ,
Z.M. Sheng ,
J. Zhang  and
Y.T. Li
B. Hao
Affiliation:
Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Z.M. Sheng*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
J. Zhang
Affiliation:
Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Y.T. Li
Affiliation:
Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
*
Address correspondence and reprint request to: Z.M. Sheng, Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. E-mail: zmsheng@sjtu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Collisional effects on the current-filamentation instability (CFI), accounting for the space charge effect (SCE), are investigated kinetically for a relativistic beam propagating in dense plasmas. It is shown that collisions can completely suppress the SCE in low temperature dense plasma, leading to enhancement of the CFI. This kind of decoupling mechanism is quite different from the well-known resistive mechanism [Molvig (1975). Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 1504]. In particular, we find the present decoupling mechanism can well explain the recent numerical simulation results [Karmakar et al. (2008). Phys. Rev. Lett. doi: 101, 255001]. In the parameter regime related to the laser-solid interaction and fast ignition scenario (FIS), the CFI growth rate with SCE included is enhanced in the low plasma density region through the decoupling mechanism. In the high plasma density region, it is enhanced mainly through the resistive mechanism.

Keywords

Collisional effectDense plasmaFilamentation instabilityRelativistic electron beam
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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 79 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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