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Brodin G, Misra AP, Marklund M. Spin contribution to the ponderomotive force in a plasma. Phys Rev Lett. 2010;105(10):105004doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105004.
Brodin, G., Misra, A. P., & Marklund, M. (2010). Spin contribution to the ponderomotive force in a plasma. Physical review letters, 105(10), 105004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105004
Brodin, G, et al. "Spin contribution to the ponderomotive force in a plasma." Physical review letters vol. 105,10 (2010): 105004. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105004
Brodin G, Misra AP, Marklund M. Spin contribution to the ponderomotive force in a plasma. Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Sep 03;105(10):105004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105004. Epub 2010 Sep 03. PMID: 20867527.
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Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Sep 03;105(10):105004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105004. Epub 2010 Sep 03.

Spin contribution to the ponderomotive force in a plasma.

Physical review letters

G Brodin, A P Misra, M Marklund

Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.

PMID: 20867527 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105004

Abstract

The concept of a ponderomotive force due to the intrinsic spin of electrons is developed. An expression containing both the classical as well as the spin-induced ponderomotive force is derived. The results are used to demonstrate that an electromagnetic pulse can induce a spin-polarized plasma. Furthermore, it is shown that, for certain parameters, the nonlinear backreaction on the electromagnetic pulse from the spin magnetization current can be larger than that from the classical free current. Suitable parameter values for a direct test of this effect are presented.

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