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Light wave driven electron dynamics in clusters
Author(s) -
Varin Charles,
Peltz Christian,
Brabec Thomas,
Fennel Thomas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.201490001
Subject(s) - physics , laser , cluster (spacecraft) , dynamics (music) , electron , electromagnetic radiation , plasma , particle in cell , statistical physics , relation (database) , foundation (evidence) , wave–particle duality , computational physics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , computer science , archaeology , database , history , programming language , acoustics
The dynamics of solid‐density nanoplasmas driven by intense lasers takes place in the strongly‐coupled plasma regime, where collisions play an important role. The microscopic particle‐in‐cell method has enabled the complete classical electromagnetic description of these processes. The theoretical foundation of the approach and its relation to existing methods are reviewed. Selected applications to laser cluster processes are presented that have been inaccessible to numerical simulation so far.