Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
2011-06-24
Physics
Plasma Physics
17 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Plasmas
Scientific paper
Radiative diagnostics of high-energy density plasmas is addressed in this paper. We propose that the radiation produced by energetic particles in small-scale magnetic field turbulence, which can occur in laser-plasma experiments, collisionless shocks, and during magnetic reconnection, can be used to deduce some properties of the turbulent magnetic field. Particles propagating through such turbulence encounter locally strong magnetic fields, but over lengths much shorter than a particle gyroradius. Consequently, the particle is accelerated but not deviated substantially from a straight line path. We develop the general jitter radiation solutions for this case and show that the resulting radiation is directly dependent upon the spectral distribution of the magnetic field through which the particle propagates. We demonstrate the power of this approach in considering the radiation produced by particles moving through a region in which a (Weibel-like) filamentation instability grows magnetic fields randomly oriented in a plane transverse to counterstreaming particle populations. We calculate the spectrum as would be seen from the original particle population and as could be seen by using a quasi-monoenergetic electron beam to probe the turbulent region at various angles to the filamentation axis.
Medvedev Mikhail V.
Reynolds Sarah J.
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