R. A. Cairns

Publication List Details

Period

2001 - 2008

Number

7

Co-Authors

Efficient Raman amplification into the PetaWatt regime (2008)

Fiúza, F., Bingham, R., Fonseca, R. A., Silva, L. O., Cairns, R. A., ...

Raman amplification of a short laser pulse off a long laser beam has been demonstrated successfully for moderate probe intensities ($\sim 10^{16}$ W/cm$^2$) and widths ($\sim 50$ micron). However,...

Laboratory investigation of cyclotron emission processes for auroral radiation (2006)

Ronald, K., Speirs, D.C., McConville, S.L., Cross, A.W., Vorgul, I., Robertson, C.W., ...

When a beam of electrons encounters an increasing magnetic field along its vector of motion, conservation of the magnetic moment results in the formation of a crescent or horseshoe shaped velocity...

A laboratory experiment to investigate auroral kilometric radiation emission mechanisms (2005)

Speirs, D.C., Vorgul, I., Ronald, K., Bingham, R., Cairns, R.A., Phelps, A.D.R., ...

If an initially mainly rectilinear electron beam is subject to significant magnetic compression, the conservation of the magnetic moment results in the ultimate formation of a horseshoe distribution...

Efficiency and energy spread in laser-wakefield acceleration (2005)

Reitsma, A.J.W., Cairns, R.A., Bingham, R., Jaroszynski, D.A.

The theoretical limits on efficiency and energy spread of the laser-wakefield accelerator are investigated using a one-dimensional model. Modifications, both of the wakefield due to the electron...

A cyclotron maser instability with application to space and laboratory plasmas (2005)

Cairns, R.A., Speirs, D.C., Ronald, K., Vorgul, I., Kellett, B.J., Phelps, A.D.R., ...

When a beam of electrons moves into a converging magnetic field, the velocity distribution function takes on a horseshoe shape as a result of conservation of magnetic moment. A few years ago it was...

Cyclotron maser radiation from astrophysical shocks (2003)

Bingham, R., Kellett, B.J., Cairns, R.A., Tonge, J., Mendonça, J.T.

One of the most popular coherent radio emission mechanisms is electron cyclotron maser instability. In this article we demonstrate that electron cyclotron maser emission is directly associated with...

Coherent cyclotron maser radiation from UV Ceti (2001)

Bingham, R., Cairns, R.A., Kellett, B.J.

Recent images in the radio of UV Ceti show two intense emission regions above the magnetic poles of the star. The emission is overwhelmingly right hand circularly polarized with 100% right hand...