This book represents the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, covering the
theoretical principles, present experimental status and important applications of short-pulse …

The interaction of short-pulse high-intensity lasers with solid targets generates large
numbers of energetic electrons. The energetic electrons can only penetrate into the solid if …

We present the first in-target measurements of the electrons produced by an ultraintense (I>
10 19 W/cm 2) laser pulse incident on a massive solid target. Total conversion efficiency …

We present an investigation of the total decay rate of the (ground state) Bc meson within the
framework of the relativistic constituent quark model formulated on the light-front (LF). The …

The specular reflectivity of plasma mirrors formed by subpicosecond pulses from a titanium:
sapphire laser has been measured for different angles of incidence and for two different …

The modeling of petawatt laser-generated hot electrons in mass-limited solid-foil-target
interactions at “relativistic” laser intensities is presented using copper targets and …

The characteristics of the forward hot electrons produced by subpicosecond laser-plasma
interactions are studied for different laser polarizations at laser intensities from subrelativistic …

This acts as a reference work for the field of high intensity and/or high plasma density laser-
plasma interactions for years to come. It covers everything from single particles to dense …

We consider a gas of cold fermionic atoms having two spin components with interactions
characterized by their s-wave scattering length a. At positive scattering length the atoms form …

The spatial dependence of K α emission generated from laser-produced hot electrons is
investigated experimentally and theoretically. In addition, the conversion efficiency of K α …