Magnetic field annihilation and charged particle acceleration in ultra-relativistic laser plasmas

0549478 - FZÚ 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Gu, Yanjun - Bulanov, Sergey V.
Magnetic field annihilation and charged particle acceleration in ultra-relativistic laser plasmas.
High Power Laser Science and Engineering. Roč. 9, Jan (2021), č. článku e2. ISSN 2095-4719. E-ISSN 2052-3289
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF15_003/0000449
Grant - others:OP VVV - HiFi(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000449
Research Infrastructure: ELI Beamlines III - 90141
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : laboratory astrophysics * laser plasmas interactions * particle acceleration * high energy density physics
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 5.943, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Open access

Magnetic reconnection driven by laser plasma interactions attracts great interests in the recent decades. Motivated by the rapid development of the laser technology, the ultra strong magnetic field generated by the laser-plasma accelerated electrons provides unique environment to investigate the relativistic magnetic field annihilation and reconnection. It opens a new way for understanding relativistic regimes of fast magnetic field dissipation particularly in space plasmas,where the large scale magnetic field energy is converted to the energy of the nonthermal charged particles. Here we review the recent results in relativistic magnetic reconnection based on the laser and collisionless plasma interactions. The basic mechanism and the theoretical model are discussed. Several proposed experimental setups for relativistic reconnection research are presented.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0325523