Intense ultrashort light pulses comprising merely a few wave cycles became routinely
available by the turn of the millennium. The technologies underlying their production and …

Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators, which are capable of supporting fields in excess of
100 GV∕ m, are reviewed. This includes the laser wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat …

X-ray free-electron lasers can generate intense and coherent radiation at wavelengths down
to the sub-ångström region,,,–, and have become indispensable tools for applications in …

The field of laser-matter interaction traditionally deals with the response of atoms, molecules,
and plasmas to an external light wave. However, the recent sustained technological …

Multi-GeV electron beams with energy up to 4.2 GeV, 6% rms energy spread, 6 pC charge,
and 0.3 mrad rms divergence have been produced from a 9-cm-long capillary discharge …

A bstract This document aims to provide an assessment of the potential of future colliding
beam facilities to perform Higgs boson studies. The analysis builds on the submissions …

The advent of ultraintense laser pulses generated by the technique of chirped pulse
amplification (CPA) along with the development of high-fluence laser materials has opened …

The possibility to accelerate electron beams to ultra-relativistic velocities over short
distances by using plasma-based technology holds the potential for a revolution in the field …

Gigaelectron volt (GeV) electron accelerators are essential to synchrotron radiation facilities
and free-electron lasers, and as modules for high-energy particle physics. Radiofrequency …

A new scientific frontier opened in 2009 with the start of operations of the world's first x-ray
free-electron laser (FEL), the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), at SLAC National …