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Generation of collimated electron jets from plasma under applied electromagnetostatic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2018

Jing Qiu ,
Baifei Shen ,
Lingang Zhang ,
Xiaomei Zhang ,
Shan Huang ,
Lihua Cao  and
Wei Yu
Jing Qiu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Baifei Shen*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China Department of Physics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Lingang Zhang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
Xiaomei Zhang*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
Shan Huang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Lihua Cao
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Wei Yu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
*
Author for correspondence: Baifei Shen and Xiaomei Zhang, State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China. E-mail: bfshen@mail.shcnc.ac.cn; zhxm@siom.ac.cn
Author for correspondence: Baifei Shen and Xiaomei Zhang, State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China. E-mail: bfshen@mail.shcnc.ac.cn; zhxm@siom.ac.cn
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Abstract

The collimated electron jets ejected from cylindrical plasma are produced in particle-in-cell simulation under the applied longitudinal magnetostatic field and radial electrostatic field, which is a process that can be conveniently performed in a laboratory. We find that the applied magnetostatic field contributes significantly to the jet collimation, whereas the applied electrostatic field plays a vital role in the jet formation. The generation mechanism of collimated jets can be well understood through energy gain of the tagged electrons, and we conclude that the longitudinal momentum of the electrons is converted from the transverse momentum via the transverse-induced magnetic field. It has been found that the ejecting velocity of the jets is close to the speed of light when the applied electrostatic field reaches 3 × 1010 V/m. The present scheme may also give us an insight into the formation of astrophysical jets in celestial bodies.

Keywords

Applied electromagnetostatic fieldelectron jetsenergy gainPIC simulationplasma
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 384 - 390
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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