Ion-acoustic Shocks with Reflected Ions: Implications for laser-based proton accelerators

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Abstract

Analytic solution for an ion-acoustic collisionless shock with reflected ions is obtained. Its relation to classical non-reflecting solitons propagating at Mach numbers strictly limited by $M

*Partially supported by NASA , ATP NNX14AH36G, and the US DoE

Authors

  • Roald Sagdeev

    • UMD

  • Mikhail Malkov

    • UCSD
    • UCSD, UMD

  • Galina Dudnikova

    • UMD

  • Tatyana Liseykina

    • Potsdam University, Germany

  • Patrick Diamond

    • UCSD

  • C.-S. Liu

    • UMD

  • J.-J. Su

    • UMD