Magnetic Cavitation and the Reemergence of Nonlocal Transport in Laser Plasmas | Zendy

C. P. Ridgers | Zendy; R. J. Kingham | Zendy; A. G. R. Thomas | Zendy

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Magnetic Cavitation and the Reemergence of Nonlocal Transport in Laser Plasmas

Author(s) -

C. P. Ridgers,

R. J. Kingham,

A. G. R. Thomas

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

physical review letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688

H-Index - 673

eISSN - 1079-7114

pISSN - 0031-9007

DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.100.075003

Subject(s) - plasma , physics , magnetic field , laser , cavitation , jet (fluid) , mechanics , field (mathematics) , nanosecond , quantum nonlocality , mesoscopic physics , atomic physics , condensed matter physics , optics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , quantum , mathematics , pure mathematics , quantum entanglement

We present the first fully kinetic Vlasov-Fokker-Planck simulations of nanosecond laser-plasma interactions including self-consistent magnetic fields and hydrodynamic plasma expansion. For the largest magnetic fields externally applied to long-pulse laser-gas-jet experiments (12 T) a significant degree of cavitation of the B field (>40%) will be shown to occur from the laser-heated region in under half a nanosecond. This is due to the Nernst effect and leads to the reemergence of nonlocality even if the initial value of the magnetic field strength is sufficient to localize the transport.

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