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Nonlocal effects in the self-consistent nonlinear 3D propagation of an ultrastrong, femtosecond laser pulse in plasmas

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A theoretical investigation of the interaction of an ultra-strong and ultra-short laser pulse with unmagnetized plasma is carried out and applied to the specifications of the Ti:Sa Frascati Laser for Acceleration and Multidisciplinary Experiments (FLAME). The analysis is based on the Lorentz-Maxwell fluid model in the fully relativistic regime taking the pancake approximation. The mathematical model yields Zakharov-like equations, which gives a satisfactory description of a wide range of laser-plasma acceleration configurations. It is shown that the pancake structure is unstable in two dimensions (2D) but the collapse occurs over a distance much longer than the typical active plasma length.

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  1. Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 57, 11001, Belgrade, Serbia

    D. Jovanović

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II” and INFN Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy

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  3. Scuola di Dottorato in Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II” and INFN Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy

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  4. Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR, Pozzuoli, Italy and INFN Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy

    S. De Nicola

  5. Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR, Pisa, Italy and INFN Sezione di Pisa, ILIL, Pisa, Italy

    L. A. Gizzi

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Jovanović, D., Fedele, R., Tanjia, F. et al. Nonlocal effects in the self-consistent nonlinear 3D propagation of an ultrastrong, femtosecond laser pulse in plasmas. Eur. Phys. J. D 66, 328 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-30327-6

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