Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 05, Numéro C6, Octobre 1995
Proceedings of the General Conference of the Human Capital and Mobility Network and INTAS Network
Nonlinear Phenomena in Microphysics of Collisionless Plasmas. Application to Space and Laboratory Plasmas
Page(s) C6-93 - C6-96
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1995618
Proceedings of the General Conference of the Human Capital and Mobility Network and INTAS Network
Nonlinear Phenomena in Microphysics of Collisionless Plasmas. Application to Space and Laboratory Plasmas

J. Phys. IV France 05 (1995) C6-93-C6-96

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:1995618

Relativistic Electron Generation in Nonuniform Underdense Plasmas

G. Manfredi, R. Bingham and R.O. Dendy

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11, 0QX, U.K.


Abstract
Simulations of relativistic electron generation by stimulated Raman scattering are presented. The effect of a nonuniform plasma density, such as may occur in a laser fusion scenario, is investigated. A simple WKB theory accounts for the wavenumber shifts in the spectra.



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