Effects of dimensionality on kinetic simulations of laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime

Stark, David James; Yin, Lin; Albright, Brian James; Guo, Fan

doi:10.1063/1.4982741

Title: Effects of dimensionality on kinetic simulations of laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime

Journal Article · Wed May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982741· OSTI ID:1364554

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

A particle-in-cell study of laser-ion acceleration mechanisms in the transparency regime illustrates how two-dimensional (2D) S and P simulations (laser polarization in and out of the simulation plane, respectively) capture different physics characterizing these systems, visible in their entirety often in cost-prohibitive three-dimensional (3D) simulations. The electron momentum anisotropy induced in the target by a laser pulse is dramatically different in the two 2D cases, manifested in differences in target expansion timescales, electric field strengths, and density thresholds for the onset of relativistically induced transparency. In particular, 2D-P simulations exhibit dramatically greater electron heating in the simulation plane, whereas 2D-S ones show a much more isotropic energy distribution, similar to 3D. An ion trajectory analysis allows one to isolate the fields responsible for ion acceleration and to characterize the acceleration regimes in time and space. The artificial longitudinal electron heating in 2D-P exaggerates the effectiveness of target-normal sheath acceleration into its dominant acceleration mechanism throughout the laser-plasma interaction, whereas 2D-S and 3D both have sizable populations accelerated preferentially during transparency.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

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OSTI ID:: 1364554

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1375641

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-22260

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

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