@inproceedings{97f5fc851a1e4c18a79b9f55e59621e9,
title = "Evolution of relativistic electron vortices in laser plasmas",
abstract = "Electron vortices appear in the wake of a finite length laser pulse propogating in the underdense plasma. Usually they form two chains of vortices with opposite signs of the magnetic fields locked inside an electron cavity. Using 2D PIC simulations, we discuss the effects of evolution of single and binary electron vortices. Single electron vortices, though being in a quasistationary state on electron timescales, evolve on ion timescales, leading to anisotropic multishell ion motion. Binary electron vortices may be subject to complex motions, which can be described by the point-vortex solutions of Hasegawa-Mima equation. When the finite radius effects come into play, we observe effects as magnetic field annihilation with the subsequent fast electron bunch generation and secondary vortex formation.",
keywords = "Magnetic fields, Particle-in-cell method, Plasma vorticity, Protons, Relativistic laser plasmas",
author = "Lezhnin, \{Kirill V.\} and Kniazev, \{Alexey R.\} and Soloviev, \{Sergei V.\} and Kamenets, \{Fedor F.\} and Weber, \{Stefan A.\} and Georg Korn and Esirkepov, \{Timur Zh\} and Bulanov, \{Sergei V.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 SPIE.; Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers III 2017 ; Conference date: 24-04-2017 Through 26-04-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1117/12.2264572",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Georg Korn and Silva, \{Luis O.\}",
booktitle = "Research Using Extreme Light",
address = "United States",
}