Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
2010-08-10
New J. Phys. 12, 123005 (2010)
Physics
Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/123005
Radiation reaction (RR) effects on the acceleration of a thin plasma foil by a superintense laser pulse in the radiation pressure dominated regime are investigated theoretically. A simple suitable approximation of the Landau-Lifshitz equation for the RR force and a novel leapfrog pusher for its inclusion in particle-in-cell simulations are provided. Simulations for both linear and circular polarization of the laser pulse are performed and compared. It is found that at intensities exceeding $10^{23} \Wcm$ the radiation reaction force strongly affects the dynamics for a linearly polarized laser pulse, reducing the maximum ion energy but also the width of the spectrum. In contrast, no significant effect is found for circularly polarized laser pulses whenever the laser pulse does not break through the foil.
Keitel Christoph H.
Macchi Andrea
Pegoraro Francesco
Piazza Antonino Di
Tamburini Matteo
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