2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2025
Ponderomotive electron physics captured in single-fluid extended MHD model
James R. Young, Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain
The well-known ponderomotive force, arising from the interaction of matter and light, has critical implications across a broad range of fields from laser fusion and astrophysics to…
physics.plasm-ph2024
The impact of electron inertia on collisional laser absorption for high energy density plasmas
James R. Young, Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain
High-power lasers are at the forefront of science in many domains. While their fields are still far from reaching the Schwinger limit, they have been used in extreme regimes, to su…