Extreme nonlinear dynamics in vacuum laser acceleration with a crossed beam configuration
- STFC Rutherford-Appleton Lab., Didcot, (United Kingdom)
- Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
A relatively simple model problem where a single electron moves in two relativistically strong obliquely intersecting plane wave-packets is studied using a number of different numerical solvers. It is shown that, in general, even the most advanced solvers are unable to obtain converged solutions for more than about 100 fs in contrast to the single plane wave problem, and that some basic metrics of the orbit show enormous sensitivity to the initial conditions. Finally, at a bare minimum, this indicates an unusual degree of nonlinearity, and may well indicate that the dynamics of this system are chaotic.
- Research Organization:
- Krell Institute, Ames, IA (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-97ER25308; SC0018312; PHY 1632777
- OSTI ID:
- 1610363
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1567719
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 9; ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Cited by: 3 works
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