Dense and Relativistic Plasmas Produced by Compact High-intensity Lasers
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High-intensity lasers interacting with plasmas are used to study processes in the laboratory that would otherwise only occur in astrophysics. These include relativistic plasmas, electron acceleration in ultrahigh Ðeld-gradient wake Ðelds, pressure ionization and continuum lowering in strongly coupled plasmas, and X-ray line emission via Raman scattering. Subject headings : acceleration of particles È MHD È plasmas È relativity
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