A kinetic model for the one-dimensional electromagnetic solitons in an isothermal plasmapdf

Technical Report · Fri Feb 22 04:00:00 EST 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/799002· OSTI ID:799002

tajima, Toshi ^[1]

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1. SLAC

Two nonlinear second order differential equations for the amplitude of the vector potential and for the electromagnetic potential are derived, starting from the full Maxwell equations where the field sources are calculated by integrating in the momentum space the particle distribution function, which is an exact solution of the relativistic Vlasov equation. The resulting equations are exact in describing a hot one-dimensional plasma sustaining a relativistically intense, circularly polarized electromagnetic polarized electromagnetic radiation. The case of standing soliton-like structures in an electron-positron plasma is then investigated. It is demonstrated that at ultrarelativistic temperatures extremely large amplitude solitons can be formed in a strongly overdense plasma.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 799002
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-9136
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
AMPLITUDES
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
KINETICS
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
PLASMA
SOLITONS
VECTORS