A Simulation of Electron Distribution Phase Space in Dense Plasma (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A Simulation of Electron Distribution Phase Space in Dense Plasma

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Large-scale simulations demonstrate that chaos is responsible for stochastic heating of dense plasma by intense laser energy. This image shows a snapshot of electron distribution phase space (position/momentum) from the dense plasma taken from PIC simulations, illustrating the so-called "stretching and folding" mechanism responsible for the emergence of chaos in physical systems.

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G. Blaclard, CEA Saclay

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