Radiation from particles moving in small-scale magnetic fields created in solid-density laser-plasma laboratory experiments

• Published in: Physics of plasmas Vol. 22; no. 11
• Main Authors: Keenan, Brett D., Medvedev, Mikhail V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 01.11.2015; American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Subjects: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Charged particles; Cyclotron radiation; Cyclotrons; Density; Laser plasmas; Lasers; Magnetic fields; Plasma physics; Turbulence; Weibel instability

Plasmas created by high-intensity lasers are often subject to the formation of kinetic-streaming instabilities, such as the Weibel instability, which lead to the spontaneous generation of high-amplitude, tangled magnetic fields. These fields typically exist on small spatial scales, i.e., “sub-Larmor...