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Anderson self-localization of light in pair plasmas
Maxim Lyutikov, Victor Gurarie
The paper shows that weakly nonlinear electromagnetic waves in a pair plasma can create random density fluctuations that cause Anderson self‑localization of the light, leading to t…
Particle dynamics in nonlinear electromagnetic waves: chaos onset, diffusive heating, and wave surfing
Maxim Lyutikov
We investigate the dynamics of charged particles interacting with ultra-intense electromagnetic X-modes in strongly magnetized plasmas. We demonstrate that particle motion becomes…
Complete reflection of nonlinear electromagnetic waves in underdense pair plasmas enabled by dynamically formed Bragg-like structures
Kavin Tangtartharakul, Alexey Arefiev, Maxim Lyutikov
In contrast to relativistically induced transparency in electron--ion plasmas, where nonlinear electromagnetic waves render initially opaque plasmas transparent, we show using kine…
Electromagnetic ghosts in pair plasmas
Maxim Lyutikov
Collisions of two weakly nonlinear, , counter-propagating EM pulses in pair plasma leave behind a long-surviving collection of localized waves, {\it an electromagnetic g…