Title : 
Collisional effects on the relativistic current filamentation instability: With and without the space charge effect
         
        
            Author : 
Hao, Biao ; Sheng, Zhengming ; Zhang, Jie
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Beijing Nat. Lab. of Condensed Matter Phys., CAS, Beijing, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The collisional effects can either attenuate or enhance the relativistic current-filamentation instability (CFI). The involved mechanisms are different depending on whether the space charge effect (SCE) is included or not.
         
        
            Keywords : 
atom-photon collisions; plasma production by laser; quantum optics; relativistic electron beams; space charge; collisional effect; relativistic current filamentation instability; space charge effect; Content addressable storage; Counting circuits; Electron beams; Electronic mail; Frequency; Laboratories; Physics; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Space charge; Collision; current filamentation instability;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Shanghai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-3829-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-3830-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292707