激光等离子体相互作用中自生磁场及其空间演化

利用粒子模拟程序,模拟研究了超强激光与等离子体相互作用中的电子束流不稳定性的产生机制,得到了不稳定性所激发的自生磁场的线性增长率与各向异性参数之间的函数关系。观察到了激光与等离子体相互作用时产生的饱和自生磁场在表面领域上的演化过程,发现沿x方向出现的电流比较大时,饱和自生的磁场在z方向的发展比较快,临界面附近较大,但随着深度的增加,逐渐以指数形式减少。     

激光等离子体不稳定性的入射光强度效应

用3维粒子模拟程序研究了相对论强激光和高密度等离子体相互作用引起的电磁不稳定。数值模拟表明,在线偏振强激光作用下,等离子体表面出现了电磁不稳定性。形成的不稳定结构随时间发展和激光功率密度的增加进一步深入到等离子体内部,最终使等离子体表面处激发饱和自生磁场。这种由电子速度各向异性而产生的自生磁场对激光有质动力推开电子时所形成的电子热流产生抑制作用,并将直接影响电子加速效率。     

超强激光与等离子体作用中的能量输运

应用多光子非线性Compton散射模型和数值计算方法,研究了Compton散射对超强激光与等离子体作用中能量输运的影响,提出了将Compton散射光和入射超强光作为电子能量输运的新机制,给出了电子热传导新模型和能量输运数值计算结果。结果表明:散射使等离子体中Weibel不稳定性和自生磁场增强效应导致耦合光传输方向的电子密度显著减小,更多激光能量以热流形式分布在横向方向。散射使电子吸收能量的时间缩短和自生磁场线性阶段最大增长率增大效应导致等离子体表面处沿耦合激光横向方向的热流几乎被完全限制,电子在激光传输方向的能量显著增加。     

超短超强激光-等离子体中自生磁场的研究

本文回顾了激光-等离子体相互作用中自生磁场的产生以及提出的各种产生机制和诊断方法;比较全面地介绍了超短超强激光与等离子体相互作用中产生自生磁场的理论、数字模拟以及实验研究的状况;重点阐述了超短超强激光-等离子体相互作用中自生磁场对谐波发射影响的理论以及根据该理论完成的实验测定.     

超短超强激光-等离子体中自生磁场的研究

本文回顾了激光-等离子体相互作用中自生磁场的产生以及提出的各种产生机制和诊断方法；比较全面地介绍了超短超强激光与等离子体相互作用中产生自生磁场的理论、数字模拟以及实验研究的状况；重点阐述了超短超强激光-等离子体相互作用中自生磁场对谐波发射影响的理论以及根据该理论完成的实验测定。     

激光等离子体相互作用中的电磁不稳定性和能量运输

利用相对论电磁粒子模拟程序研究了超强激光与等离子体相互作用中产生的电磁不稳定性的发展演化过程.讨论了电磁不稳定性的发生和非线性饱和过程.给出了不稳定性的线性增长率和各向异性参量之间的函数关系,用Spitzer-Harm理论分析了电子热传导中能量的运输情况,观察到由激光的非等方加热引起的电子纵向加热现象.结果表明,不稳定...     

无碰撞等离子体中电子束流不稳定性的时空演化研究

应用二、三维相对论电磁粒子模拟程序研究双电子束流在无碰撞等离子体中传播引起的横向 电磁(Weibel类型)不稳定性和纵向静电不稳定性的发展演化过程.讨论了纯粹Weibel不稳定 性的发生和非线性饱和过程，观察到电流束合并、磁场重联等引起的电子横向加热现象.研 究了电流束传播方向激发的静电场对快电子束传播的影响，观察到其导致的束的横向调制、 磁场通道破坏现象.对这些过程的细致研究对更好的理解快点火物理中自生磁场的产生、快 电子输运等过程有重要意义.     

Weibel不稳定性自生电磁场对探针质子束的偏转作用研究

Weibel不稳定性的自生电磁场对于等离子体能量输运、无碰撞冲击波形成等物理过程具有关键的影响.实验上往往采用质子束照相来诊断其电磁场结构.一般认为,探针质子束的轨迹偏转主要来自于磁场,而自生电场的作用被认为可忽略不计.本文利用三维粒子模拟程序研究了典型参数下的Weibel不稳定性发展过程,并使用径迹追踪法评估了Weibel不稳定性的质子束照相过程中电场和磁场对探针质子束的偏转作用.对比分析发现,引起探针质子束偏转的主要因素并不是磁场,而是过去研究中常被忽略的电场.主要原因为:Weibel不稳定性的自生磁场往往成管状结构,在使用探针质子束对其进行侧向照相时,磁场的作用会被自身中和并抵消.该认识将有助于深入理解Weibel不稳定性质子照相的实验结果.     

无碰撞等离子体中电子束流不稳定性的时空演化

强激光在冕区等离子体中传播到临界面附近生成相对论电子和相对论电子束流在随后较长一段稠密等离子体区的能量传输是快点火中的关键问题。对快点火条件下的激光等离子体参数，临界面附近产生的前向快电子电流往往超过阿尔芬极限电流，必须在稠密等离子体中产生中和回流，快电子流才能在稠密等离子体中向前输运。横向电磁不稳定性（类Weibel不稳定性，WI）和纵向静电双流不稳定性（TSI）很容易在这种电子双流体系中激发，前向电子束会被调制或成丝状结构，同时激发电磁场，粒子部分动能会转化为电磁场能量。不稳定性在非线性饱和后，发生电流丝的合并、磁场重联等过程，部分电磁场能量会再转化为粒子能量，表现为对离子体的横向加热。Weibel不稳定性的作用可能形成围绕传播电子束的磁通道，对快电子的定向和准直传播是重要的。TSI激发的纵向静电场对磁场通道会有明显的调制甚至破坏作用，直接影响高能电子流从激光吸收区到燃料压缩区的准直传播。     

超强激光钻孔机制的粒子模拟研究

 用二维半粒子模拟程序模拟研究了超强激光束与过稠密等离子体的相互作用过程,发现存在有质动力加速电子及由该电子再拉动离子而产生的等离子体密度通道,也发现由高能电子流产生的高强度自生磁场。模拟研究了三种空间形状的激光对钻孔的影响,发现激光场径向梯度越大,钻孔速度越大,越有利于钻孔;对反射波进行诊断,发现了奇次谐波和偶次谐波。     

The study of the weibel electromagnetic instability growth rate in the presence of the body stress

Body stress flow can be expected in the fast ignition imploding of the inertial fusion process that strongly damps small‐scale velocity structures. The Weibel instability is one of the plasma instabilities that require anisotropy in the distribution function. The body stress effect was neglected in the calculation of the Weibel instability growth rate. In this article, the propagation condition of impinging waves and the growing modes of the Weibel instability on the plasma density gradient of the fuel fusion with the body stress flow are investigated. Calculations show that the minimum value of the body stress rate threshold in the linear polarization is about 2.96 times greater than that of the circular polarization. Increasing 10 times of the density gradient and decreasing 2 times of the wavelength in the linear polarization and the circular polarization, respectively, lead to about 1.78 × 10⁶ times increment and 0.019 times decrement in the maximum of the Weibel instability growth rate. Also, the Weibel instability growth rate maximum in the circular polarization is about 10⁷ times greater than that of the linear polarization. The body stress flow and the density gradient tend to stabilize the Weibel instability in the circular polarization and act as a destabilizing source in the linear polarization. Therefore, by increasing steps of the density gradient plasma near the relativistic electron beam‐emitting region, in the circular polarization, the Weibel instability occurs at a higher stress flow.     

Investigation of the particle spin properties on the velocity space instability in high‐density plasmas

The nonresonant electromagnetic instabilities of the anisotropic velocity space (Weibel‐like) have always been one of the interesting subjects for researchers. These electromagnetic instabilities play an important role in generating strong magnetic fields in laboratory plasmas for applications such as inertial confinement fusion and space plasmas. In this paper, we investigate the quantum effects of the particle spin on the electromagnetic instabilities. In the case of the presence of a magnetic dipole force and an electron precession frequency like the Vlasov equation, we derive the full quantum equation. This study shows that, in the presence of the spin‐polarized effects, the growth rate of the instabilities is reduced compared to the classical cases and will not arise for low fractions of the temperature anisotropy for different values of the magnetic field. Indeed, it is expected that the probability of electron capture in the background magnetic fields and the effective collision with the particle increase because of the spin effect, so that a high portion of the electron energy is transmitted to the background plasma, and the temperature anisotropy governing the electron distribution is reduced.     

Self-organization of a plasma due to 3D evolution of the Weibel instability

The nonlinear evolution of the thermal Weibel instability is studied by using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. After a fast saturation due to a reduction in the temperature anisotropy, the instability evolves to a quasistationary state which includes a single mode long wavelength helical magnetic field and a finite degree of temperature anisotropy. The nonlinear stability of this state is explained by periodic variations of the temperature anisotropy axis. At long time scales the magnetic field, wave number, and temperature anisotropy slowly evolve to the decreasing magnitudes.     

Simulation studies of the magnetic field generation in cosmological plasmas

We present computer simulation studies of the magnetic field generation by colliding electron clouds in cosmic plasmas. Simulation results exhibit purely growing magnetic fields, generation of electrostatic waves and subsequent electron energization in different regimes. The linear growth and saturated magnetic fields in our simulations are in good agreement with recent theoretical predictions of the Weibel instability induced magnetic fields in cosmological plasmas.     

Single-mode nonlinear regime of Weibel instability in a plasma with anisotropic temperature

An analytical solution is found to the vortex electron anisotropic hydrodynamic equations that describe the nonlinear evolution of the long-wavelength Weibel instability. The presented analytical approach shows that the long-wavelength Weibel instability saturates without a decrease in the temperature anisotropy in the single-mode regime due to the rotation of the anisotropy axes. The generated magnetic field is circular-polarized, and its amplitude varies periodically in time.     

相对论电子束在等离子体中的能量沉积

 用3维粒子模拟程序LARED-P研究了束-等离子体不稳定性, 不稳定性激发的强电磁场使电子束在非常短的距离内沉积能量。对于10 MeV的单能电子束,束电子数目占总电子数目5％的情况下,最终约损失14％的束能量。推导了等离子体的色散关系,得出了增长率。     

Anomalous resistivity resulting from MeV-electron transport in overdense plasma

Laser produced hot electron transport in an overdense plasma is studied by three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. Hot electron currents into the plasma generate neutralizing return currents in the cold plasma electrons, leading to a configuration which is unstable to electromagnetic Weibel and tearing instabilities. The resulting current filaments self-organize through a coalescence process finally settling into a single global current channel. The plasma return current experiences a strong anomalous resistivity due to diffusive flow of cold electrons in the magnetic perturbations. The resulting electrostatic field leads to an anomalously rapid stopping of fast MeV electrons (almost 3 orders of magnitude stronger than that through classical collisional effects).