In reply to Axil Axil's message of Tue, 2 Apr 2013 01:59:38 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Sorry, you may be correct. However, I downloaded the paper and found this: > > >In the central region of this slab, part of > >the electron population was initialized as a beamlike bunch > >with an average energy of 1 MeV at an intensity of 5
> >1018 W=cm2. All other electrons were thermal electrons > >with a temperature of 2 keV. > The central region of the slab is probably where the laser beam impacted. BTW 2 keV electrons are not "thermal". This may be a typo. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html