Modulational and filamentational instabilities of two electromagnetic pulses in a radiation background
arXiv:hep-ph/0311298 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/6/1/172
Abstract
The nonlinear interaction, due to quantum electrodynamical (QED) effects, between two electromagnetic pulses and a radiation gas is investigated. It is found that the governing equations admit both modulational and filamentational instabilities. The instability growth rates are derived, and the results are discussed.
7 pages, version to appear in New J. Phys