Molecular-dynamic calculation of the inverse-bremsstrahlung heating of non-weakly-coupled plasmas
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU (United Kingdom)
A molecular dynamic (MD) code is used to calculate the inverse bremsstrahlung (IB) heating rates of a plasma as a function of density and laser intensity. The code belongs to the class of particle-particle-particle-mesh codes. Since the equations solved by the MD code are fundamental, this approach avoids several assumptions which are inherent to alternative methods, for example those which employ a Coulomb logarithm, and is not restricted to weakly coupled plasmas. The results of the MD code are compared to previously published results for plasmas of low coupling. The results of calculations for dense, moderately coupled plasmas are also presented. An analytic expression for the IB heating rate, based on a fit to the rates calculated by the MD code, is suggested. This expression includes terms nonlinear in the plasma density.
- OSTI ID:
- 20636877
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, Vol. 70, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.056411; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-651X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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