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Relativistic self-compression approaching the Schwinger limit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2005

PADMA K. SHUKLA,
BENGT ELIASSON and
MATTIAS MARKLUND
PADMA K. SHUKLA
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
BENGT ELIASSON
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
MATTIAS MARKLUND
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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Abstract

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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.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , April 2005, pp. 213 - 215
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2005 Cambridge University Press