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Generation and Control of Self-Organized Nonlinear Kinetic Structures in High Energy Density Plasmas in the Presence of Intense Magnetic Fields and Ultrashort Laser Pulses

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1895611· OSTI ID:1895611
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  1. Polymath Research, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (United States); Polymath Research Inc.

Goals were to study the interplay between electron plasma waves (EPW), KEEN waves and externally generated magnetic fields. In particular, the Weibel instability B field generation process and its interrelationship with the existence of nonlinear EPWs in high energy density plasmas. We focused on a number of models of how Kinetic, Nonlinear Electron Plasma Waves, KNL-EPW and KEEN waves create anisotropic electron velocity distribution functions, e- VDF, and how these anisotropic e- VDFs in turn drive the Weibel instability and generate B fields. Our goal is to control the SRS and SKEENS processes that generate the KNL-EPW, control the anisotropy, and thus also control the dynamics of the resulting B fields, their influence on the transport coefficients and heat transport that results, their modification of SRS itself and the reinforced anisotropy driven loop gain.

Research Organization:
Polymath Research, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
Contributing Organization:
Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0018283
OSTI ID:
1895611
Report Number(s):
DOE-POLYMATHRSCH-18283
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English