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 …

Charged particles accelerated by electromagnetic fields emit radiation, which must, by the
conservation of momentum, exert a recoil on the emitting particle. The force of this recoil …

The emergence of a new era reaching beyond current state-of-the-art ultrashort and
ultraintense laser technology has been enabled by the approval of around€ 850 million …

The direct laser acceleration (DLA) of electrons in underdense plasmas can provide
hundreds of nC of electrons accelerated to near-GeV energies using currently available …

Creation of electrons and positrons from light alone is a basic prediction of quantum
electrodynamics, but yet to be observed. Our simulations show that the required conditions …

The new generation of laser facilities is expected to deliver short (10 fs–100 fs) laser pulses
with 10–100 PW of peak power. This opens an opportunity to study matter at extreme …

The realization of compact X-ray sources is one of the most intriguing applications of laser-
plasma based electron acceleration. These sources based on the oscillation of short micron …

High-intensity lasers interacting with solid foils produce copious numbers of relativistic
electrons, which in turn create strong sheath electric fields around the target. The proton …

The P3 installation of ELI-Beamlines is conceived as an experimental platform for multiple
high-repetition-rate laser beams spanning time scales from femtosecond via picosecond to …

Direct laser acceleration has proven to be an efficient source of high-charge electron
bunches and high brilliance x-rays. However, an analytical description of the acceleration in …