On The Origin of Super-Hot Electrons in Laser-Plasma Interactions

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2013-03

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Particle-in-call modeling is used to identify the acceleration mechanism responsible for the observed generation of super-hot electrons in ultra-intense laser-plasma interactions with solid targets with pre-formed plasma. Several features of direct laser acceleration (DLA) are identified that drive the generation of super-hot electrons. The electrons that become super-hot are primarily injected by a looping mechanism named loop-injected direct acceleration (LIDA).

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Mathematical and Physical Sciences: 3rd Place (The Ohio State University Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum)

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Physics, High energy density physics, Laser-plasma interactions, Computational physics

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http://hdl.handle.net/1811/54448

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27th Hayes Graduate Research Forum (March, 2013)