Ion effects on the scaling of magnetic field amplification in plasmas with the system size

Autor: Jie-Jie Lan, Zhang-Hu Hu, Xiao-Juan Wang, You-Nian Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 25, Iss 5, p 053040 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/acd8e6
Popis: Magnetic field amplification during the nonlinear stage of the current filamentation instability excited by ultra-relativistic electron beams is investigated with a two-dimensional electromagnetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation code, with special attention paid to the effects of plasma ions and the system size. The effect of plasma ions is shown to be significant and enhanced magnetic field amplification and beam energy deposition are found due to plasma cavity expansion and merger. When the system size in the transverse direction (perpendicular to the beam propagation direction) is enlarged by a factor of m , the transverse magnetic field energy is found to increase by a factor of m ^2 in the case of the plasma with movable ions, in contrast to m with immovable ions. The results are also confirmed by three-dimensional PIC simulations.
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