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Title: Charged particle dynamics in multiple colliding electromagnetic waves. Survey of random walk, Lévy flights, limit circles, attractors and structurally determinate patterns

Journal Article · · Journal of Plasma Physics
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  1. National Inst. for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kyoto (Japan). Kansai Photon Research Inst., Dept. of Advanced Photon Research
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Peking Univ., Beijing (China). State Key Lab. of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Lab. of HEDP of the Ministry of Education
  4. Peking Univ., Beijing (China). State Key Lab. of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Lab. of HEDP of the Ministry of Education; Shanxi Univ., Taiyuan (China). Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics

The multiple colliding laser pulse concept formulated by Bulanovet al.(Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 104, 2010b, 220404) is beneficial for achieving an extremely high amplitude of coherent electromagnetic field. Since the topology of electric and magnetic fields of multiple colliding laser pulses oscillating in time is far from trivial and the radiation friction effects are significant in the high field limit, the dynamics of charged particles interacting with the multiple colliding laser pulses demonstrates remarkable features corresponding to random walk trajectories, limit circles, attractors, regular patterns and Lévy flights. Lastly, under extremely high intensity conditions the nonlinear dissipation mechanism stabilizes the particle motion resulting in the charged particle trajectory being located within narrow regions and in the occurrence of a new class of regular patterns made by the particle ensembles.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Basic Research Program of China
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; 2013CBA01502; 11535001
OSTI ID:
1398505
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1526493
Journal Information:
Journal of Plasma Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 02; ISSN 0022-3778
Publisher:
Cambridge University PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 18 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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