Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
It is shown that a charged particle moving in a strong nonuniform electromagnetic wave suffers a net acceleration in the direction of the negative intensity gradient of the wave. Electrons will be expelled perpendicularly from narrow laser beams and various instabilities can result.
Keywords:
PHYSICS, PLASMA
Type:
AD-775860
,
Physical Review Letters; 31; Dec. 3
Format:
text
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