High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2021, 9 (1): 010000e2, Published Online: Jan. 12, 2021
Magnetic field annihilation and charged particle acceleration in ultra-relativistic laser plasmas Download: 697次
laboratory astrophysics laser plasmas interactions particle acceleration high energy density physics
Abstract
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.
Yan-Jun Gu, Sergei V. Bulanov. Magnetic field annihilation and charged particle acceleration in ultra-relativistic laser plasmas[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2021, 9(1): 010000e2.