Localization of intense electromagnetic waves in a relativistically hot plasma

Shukla, Padma and Eliasson, Bengt (2005) Localization of intense electromagnetic waves in a relativistically hot plasma. Physical Review Letters, 94 (6). 065002. ISSN 1079-7114 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.065002)

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Abstract

We consider nonlinear interactions between intense short electromagnetic waves (EMWs) and a relativistically hot electron plasma that supports relativistic electron holes (REHs). It is shown that such EMW-REH interactions are governed by a coupled nonlinear system of equations composed of a nonlinear Schrödinger equation describing the dynamics of the EMWs and the Poisson-relativistic Vlasov system describing the dynamics of driven REHs. The present nonlinear system of equations admits both a linearly trapped discrete number of eigenmodes of the EMWs in a quasistationary REH and a modification of the REH by large-amplitude trapped EMWs. Computer simulations of the relativistic Vlasov and Maxwell-Poisson system of equations show complex interactions between REHs loaded with localized EMWs.

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