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On the theory of the acceleration of plasma electrons during stimulated scattering of an intense laser wave

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The mechanism of electron acceleration in the stimulated Raman forward scattering of a monochromatic laser wave in a cold plasma is investigated theoretically. It is shown that as a result of the stochastic interaction of the electrons with the ponderomotive wave and with plasma waves excited in the scattering process, some of the electrons are accelerated to relativistic energies.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603600, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia

    N. S. Ginzburg, I. V. Zotova & A. V. Kuritsyn

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Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 3–8 (January 1999)

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Ginzburg, N.S., Zotova, I.V. & Kuritsyn, A.V. On the theory of the acceleration of plasma electrons during stimulated scattering of an intense laser wave. Tech. Phys. 44, 1–5 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1259244

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