Phys. Rev. E 78, 066403 (2008) [8 pages]Plasma acceleration and cooling by strong laser field due to the action of radiation reaction forceReceived 7 April 2008; published 11 December 2008 It is shown that for super intense laser pulses propagating in a hot plasma, the action of the radiation reaction force (appropriately incorporated into the equations of motion) causes strong bulk plasma motion with the kinetic energy raised even to relativistic values; the increase in bulk energy is accompanied by a corresponding cooling (intense cooling) of the plasma. The effects are demonstrated through explicit analytical calculations. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.066403
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.78.066403
PACS:
52.27.Ny, 52.27.Ep, 52.30.Ex, 52.38.Kd
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