Relativistic self-compression approaching the Schwinger limit

Padma K. Shukla; Bengt Eliasson; Mattias Marklund

doi:10.1017/S0022377804003496

Relativistic self-compression approaching the Schwinger limit

Padma K. Shukla
, Bengt Eliasson
, Mattias Marklund

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Abstract

The effects of relativistic mass increase is considered in the context of intense laser–plasma interactions. It is found that the result of the relativistic effect is to enhance the self-compression and collapse of the intense laser pulse, making it possible to reach the Schwinger field limit, at which pair creation would need to be considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-215
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Plasma Physics
Volume	71
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377804003496
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2005

Keywords

Schwinger limit
pair creation
laser-plasma

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