Conveners
Experiment
- Ben King (T (Theorie))
Experiment
- Calin Ioan Hojbota (Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju, Republic of Korea)
Progress in laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) has led to the production of a multi-GeV electron beam from a cm-length plasma. Such beams are collocated together with high intensity laser pulses at petawatt (PW) laser facilities, allowing the study of laser-electron collisions in all-optical setups. This configuration opens up the possibility to test strong-field quantum electrodynamics...
Utilizing the relativistic invariance of the parameter $\chi=\gamma E/E_{0}$, ultrarelativistic particles in strong crystalline fields of the order $10^{11}$ V/cm enable investigations of processes in fields of the order the QED critical field $E_{0}=m^{2}c^{3}$/eħ=1.32·$10^{16}$ V/cm (with a corresponding magnetic field of $B_{0}$=4.41·$10^{9}$ T) in the particle rest frame. In the framework...
The LUXE experiment (Laser Und XFEL Experiment) is a new experiment in planning at DESY Hamburg using the electron beam of the European XFEL. At LUXE, the aim is to study collisions between a high-intensity optical laser and up to $16.5\,$GeV electrons from the Eu.XFEL electron beam, or, alternatively, high-energy secondary photons. The physics objectives of LUXE are to measure processes of...
The fast-paced advance in the high-power laser technology has recently allowed reaching focussed intensities exceeding $10^{21}$ Wcm$^{−2}$, with realistic plans to reach $> 10^{23}$ Wcm$^{−2}$ in near-term largescale laser facilities worldwide. While these intensities are still orders of magnitude lower than those needed to produce an electron-positron pair from the vacuum, this limitation...
