Hydrodynamics of collisionless relativistic plasma with pressure anisotropy

1994 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. Tsikarishvili ◽  
J. G. Lominadze ◽  
J. I. Javakhishvili
Keyword(s):  
Relativistic Plasma ◽  
Pressure Anisotropy

Problems in the theory of relativistic plasma microwave electronics

1997 ◽  
Vol 167 (10) ◽  
pp. 1025 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Birau ◽  
M.A. Krasil'nikov ◽  
M.V. Kuzelev ◽  
Anri A. Rukhadze
Keyword(s):  
Relativistic Plasma ◽  
Microwave Electronics ◽  
Plasma Microwave

Effects of ion and electron drifts on large amplitude solitary waves in a relativistic plasma

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 4232-4235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajkumar Roychoudhury ◽  
S. K. Venkatesan ◽  
Chandra Das
Keyword(s):  
Solitary Waves ◽  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Relativistic Plasma

scholarly journals Reflecting petawatt lasers off relativistic plasma mirrors: a realistic path to the Schwinger limit

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien Quéré ◽  
Henri Vincenti
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
High Power ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Laser Light ◽  
Optical Breakdown ◽  
Relativistic Plasma ◽  
Laser Beams ◽  
Relativistic Motion ◽  
Quantum Vacuum ◽  
High Power Lasers

Abstract The quantum vacuum plays a central role in physics. Quantum electrodynamics (QED) predicts that the properties of the fermionic quantum vacuum can be probed by extremely large electromagnetic fields. The typical field amplitudes required correspond to the onset of the ‘optical breakdown’ of this vacuum, expected at light intensities >4.7×1029 W/cm2. Approaching this ‘Schwinger limit’ would enable testing of major but still unverified predictions of QED. Yet, the Schwinger limit is seven orders of magnitude above the present record in light intensity achieved by high-power lasers. To close this considerable gap, a promising paradigm consists of reflecting these laser beams off a mirror in relativistic motion, to induce a Doppler effect that compresses the light pulse in time down to the attosecond range and converts it to shorter wavelengths, which can then be focused much more tightly than the initial laser light. However, this faces a major experimental hurdle: how to generate such relativistic mirrors? In this article, we explain how this challenge could nowadays be tackled by using so-called ‘relativistic plasma mirrors’. We argue that approaching the Schwinger limit in the coming years by applying this scheme to the latest generation of petawatt-class lasers is a challenging but realistic objective.

scholarly journals Conductivity of a relativistic plasma

1989 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 1355-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bastiaan J. Braams ◽  
Charles F. F. Karney
Keyword(s):  
Relativistic Plasma

scholarly journals Light Scattering by a Relativistic Plasma Driven by an Ultraintense Laser Source

2000 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Plaja ◽  
Enrique Conejero Jarque ◽  
Luis Roso
Keyword(s):  
Light Scattering ◽  
Relativistic Plasma ◽  
Laser Source

Effects of electron pressure anisotropy on current sheet configuration

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 092901 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Artemyev ◽  
I. Y. Vasko ◽  
V. Angelopoulos ◽  
A. Runov
Keyword(s):  
Current Sheet ◽  
Electron Pressure ◽  
Pressure Anisotropy
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