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arxiv: 1202.1907 · v2 · pith:GGS2EGODnew · submitted 2012-02-09 · ⚛️ physics.plasm-ph

On the breaking of a plasma wave in a thermal plasma: II. Electromagnetic wave interaction with the breaking plasma wave

classification ⚛️ physics.plasm-ph
keywords waveplasmabreakingelectromagneticabove-barrieramplitudeclosecoefficient
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The structure of the density singularity formed in a relativistically large amplitude plasma wave close to the wavebreaking limit leads to a refraction coefficient which has a coordinate dependence with discontinuous derivatives. This results in a non-exponentially small above-barrier reflection of an electromagnetic wave interacting with the nonlinear plasma wave.

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