Magnetised Thermal Self-focusing and Filamentation of Long-Pulse Lasers in Plasmas Relevant to Magnetised ICF Experiments

H. C. Watkins, R. J. Kingham

In this paper we study the influence of the magnetised thermal conductivity on the propagation of a nanosecond $10^{14}{\mathrm{Wcm}}^{-2}$ laser in an underdense plasma by performi…