High-power lasers are used to compress plasma (a gas of charged particles) by radiation pressure. A laser

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High-power lasers are used to compress plasma (a gas of charged particles) by radiation pressure. A laser generating radiation pulses with peak power 1.5 x 103 MW is focused onto 1.0 mm2 of high-electron-density plasma. Find the pressure exerted on the plasma if the plasma reflects all the light beams directly back along their paths.
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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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