Charged particle motion and radiation in strong electromagnetic fields

A Gonoskov, TG Blackburn, M Marklund… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
The dynamics of charged particles in electromagnetic fields is an essential component of
understanding the most extreme environments in our Universe. In electromagnetic fields of …

All-optical quasi-monoenergetic GeV positron bunch generation by twisted laser fields

J Zhao, YT Hu, Y Lu, H Zhang, LX Hu, XL Zhu… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Generation of energetic electron-positron pairs using multi-petawatt (PW) lasers has recently
attracted increasing interest. However, some previous laser-driven positron beams have …

Perspectives on relativistic electron–positron pair plasma experiments of astrophysical relevance using high-power lasers

H Chen, F Fiuza - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The study of relativistic electron–positron pair plasmas is both of fundamental physics
interest and important to understand the processes that shape the magnetic field dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] SFQEDtoolkit: a high-performance library for the accurate modeling of strong-field QED processes in PIC and Monte Carlo codes

S Montefiori, M Tamburini - Computer Physics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Strong-field quantum electrodynamics (SFQED) processes are central in determining the
dynamics of particles and plasmas in extreme electromagnetic fields such as those present …

Towards critical and supercritical electromagnetic fields

M Marklund, TG Blackburn, A Gonoskov… - High Power Laser …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The availability of ever stronger, laser-generated electromagnetic fields underpins
continuing progress in the study and application of nonlinear phenomena in basic physical …

Locally monochromatic two-step nonlinear trident process in a plane wave

S Tang, B King - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
In many-cycle plane waves at intermediate intensities, the nonlinear trident process can be
well approximated by the two sequential steps of nonlinear Compton scattering of a …

Effects of Colliding Laser Pulses Polarization on Cascade Development in Extreme Focusing

M Jirka, SV Bulanov - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The onset and development of electron-positron cascade in a standing wave formed by
multiple colliding laser pulses requires tight focusing in order to achieve the maximum laser …

Vacuum breakdown in magnetic dipole wave by 10-PW class lasers

ES Efimenko, AV Bashinov, AA Muraviev, VD Volokitin… - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
The vacuum breakdown by 10-PW-class lasers is studied in the optimal configuration of
laser beams in the form of an m-dipole wave, which maximizes the magnetic field. Using 3D …

[HTML][HTML] Finite beaming effect on QED cascades

S Tang - Physics Letters B, 2024 - Elsevier
The quantum electrodynamic (QED) theory predicts the photon emission and pair creation
involved in QED cascades occur mainly in a forward cone with finite angular spread Δ θ∼ …

Multiple colliding laser pulses as a basis for studying high-field high-energy physics

J Magnusson, A Gonoskov, M Marklund, TZ Esirkepov… - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Apart from maximizing the strength of optical electromagnetic fields achievable at high-
intensity laser facilities, the collision of several phase-matched laser pulses has been …