Harnessing the relativistic Buneman instability for laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime

Stark, D. J.; Yin, L.; Albright, B. J.

doi:10.1063/1.5028128

Title: Harnessing the relativistic Buneman instability for laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5028128· OSTI ID:1482935

^[1]; Yin, L. ^[1]; Albright, B. J. ^[1]

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

We examine the relativistic Buneman instability in systems relevant to high-intensity laser-plasma interactions under conditions of relativistically-induced transparency, as this instability can generate large-amplitude electrostatic waves at low frequencies that are pertinent to ion dynamics in these systems. Ion flows are shown to significantly alter the range of unstable wave numbers and to increase the phase velocities of the unstable modes; we particularly highlight the relativistic effects from both the ion and electron (with transverse motion) populations. These findings are related to the mode structure seen in particle-in-cell simulation results of a short-pulse laser breaking through an initially opaque target with the onset of relativistic transparency. Additionally, driving mechanisms from free energy present in density and velocity gradients are shown to be capable of significantly enhancing the growth rates, and these instabilities furthermore extend the breadth of the unstable wave number range. Lastly, we discuss how the transverse self-generated magnetic fields characteristic of short-pulse interactions can potentially constrain the unstable wave numbers in a non-trivial manner.

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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1482935

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1439914

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-21829

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 6; ISSN 1070-664X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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