Experimental evidence of nonthermal acceleration of relativistic electrons by an intensive laser pulse

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Feb 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011phrve..83b6401k&link_type=abstract

Physical Review E, vol. 83, Issue 2, id. 026401

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Laboratory Studies Of Space- And Astrophysical-Plasma Processes, Relativistic Plasmas, Laser-Plasma Acceleration Of Electrons And Ions, Cosmic Rays

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Nonthermal acceleration of relativistic electrons is investigated with an intensive laser pulse. An energy distribution function of energetic particles in the universe or cosmic rays is well represented by a power-law spectrum, therefore, nonthermal acceleration is essential to understand the origin of cosmic rays. A possible candidate for the origin of cosmic rays is wakefield acceleration at relativistic astrophysical perpendicular shocks. The wakefield is considered to be excited by large-amplitude precursor light waves in the upstream of the shocks. Substituting an intensive laser pulse for the large amplitude light waves, we performed a model experiment of the shock environments in a laboratory plasma. An intensive laser pulse was propagated in a plasma tube created by imploding a hollow polystyrene cylinder, as the large amplitude light waves propagated in the upstream plasma at an astrophysical shock. Nonthermal electrons were generated, and the energy distribution functions of the electrons have a power-law component with an index of ~2. We described the detailed procedures to obtain the nonthermal components from data obtained by an electron spectrometer.

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