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 …

Extremely high-intensity laser interactions with fundamental<? format?> quantum systems

A Di Piazza, C Müller, KZ Hatsagortsyan… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2012 - APS
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 …

Contemporary particle-in-cell approach to laser-plasma modelling

TD Arber, K Bennett, CS Brady… - Plasma Physics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Particle-in-cell (PIC) methods have a long history in the study of laser-plasma
interactions. Early electromagnetic codes used the Yee staggered grid for field variables …

Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators

S Corde, K Ta Phuoc, G Lambert, R Fitour, V Malka… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptual design report for the LUXE experiment

H Abramowicz, U Acosta, M Altarelli… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract This Conceptual Design Report describes LUXE (Laser Und XFEL Experiment), an
experimental campaign that aims to combine the high-quality and high-energy electron …

The extreme light infrastructure—nuclear physics (ELI-NP) facility: new horizons in physics with 10 PW ultra-intense lasers and 20 MeV brilliant gamma beams

S Gales, KA Tanaka, DL Balabanski… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has selected in
2006 a proposal based on ultra-intense laser fields with intensities reaching up to 10 22–10 …

Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources

F Albert, AGR Thomas - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and
while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also …

Modelling gamma-ray photon emission and pair production in high-intensity laser–matter interactions

CP Ridgers, JG Kirk, R Duclous, TG Blackburn… - Journal of computational …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract In high-intensity (> 10 21 W cm− 2) laser–matter interactions gamma-ray photon
emission by the electrons can strongly affect the electronʼs dynamics and copious numbers …

Dense Electron-Positron Plasmas and Ultraintense rays from Laser-Irradiated Solids

CP Ridgers, CS Brady, R Duclous, JG Kirk, K Bennett… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
In simulations of a 10 PW laser striking a solid, we demonstrate the possibility of producing a
pure electron-positron plasma by the same processes as those thought to operate in high …

Extended particle-in-cell schemes for physics in ultrastrong laser fields: Review and developments

A Gonoskov, S Bastrakov, E Efimenko, A Ilderton… - Physical review E, 2015 - APS
We review common extensions of particle-in-cell (PIC) schemes which account for strong
field phenomena in laser-plasma interactions. After describing the physical processes of …