Harnessing the relativistic Buneman instability for laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime
Abstract
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 Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1482935
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1439914
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-21829
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; plasma waves; plasmas; free energy; particle-in-cell method; wave mechanics; dispersion function; velocity gradient tensor; relativistic effects; laser plasma interactions; plasma instabilities
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Stark, D. J., Yin, L., and Albright, B. J. Harnessing the relativistic Buneman instability for laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5028128.
Stark, D. J., Yin, L., & Albright, B. J. Harnessing the relativistic Buneman instability for laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5028128
Stark, D. J., Yin, L., and Albright, B. J. Fri .
"Harnessing the relativistic Buneman instability for laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5028128. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1482935.
@article{osti_1482935,
title = {Harnessing the relativistic Buneman instability for laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime},
author = {Stark, D. J. and Yin, L. and Albright, B. J.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5028128},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 6,
volume = 25,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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