Simulating Poynting Flux Acceleration in the Laboratory with Colliding Laser Pulses

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2006-11-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611683v1

Astrophys.SpaceSci.307:309-313,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Paper accepted for publication in the Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume for HEDLA06 conference proceedings, edited by G.

Scientific paper

10.1007/s10509-006-9281-y

We review recent PIC simulation results which show that double-sided irradiation of a thin over-dense plasma slab with ultra-intense laser pulses from both sides can lead to sustained comoving Poynting flux acceleration of electrons to energies much higher than the conventional ponderomotive limit. The result is a robust power-law electron momentum spectrum similar to astrophysical sources. We discuss future ultra-intense laser experiments that may be used to simulate astrophysical particle acceleration.

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