Excitation of a nonlinear plasma ion wake by intense energy sources with applications to the crunch-in regime
We show the excitation of a nonlinear ion-wake mode by plasma electron modes in the bubble regime driven by intense energy sources, using analytical theory and simulations. The ion wake is shown to be a driven nonlinear ion-acoustic wave in the form of a long-lived cylindrical ion soliton which limi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Accelerators and Beams |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.081004 |