Published December 2011 | Version v1
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Extreme field science

Creators

  • 1. Advanced Beam Technology Division, JAEA, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215 (Japan)
  • 2. University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 3. Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)
  • 4. Vavilov State Optical Institute, Saint-Petersburg 199034 (Russian Federation)
  • 5. National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan (China)
  • 6. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
  • 7. Graduate School for Creation of New Photonics Industries, Hamamatsu 431-1202 (Japan)
  • 8. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow 115409 (Russian Federation)
  • 9. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching 85748 (Germany)

Description

We discuss the progress in the development of extreme light sources that will open new horizons for studying a wide range of fundamental science and astrophysics problems. The regimes of dominant radiation reaction, which completely change the electromagnetic wave–matter interaction, will be revealed, resulting in a new extremely powerful source of ultrashort high-brightness gamma-ray pulses. The possibility of abundant electron–positron pair creation via multi-photon processes and the possibility of reaching the critical field of quantum electrodynamics, which would lead to vacuum polarization and breakdown, are attracting considerable attention.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124025

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124025;
PII
S0741-3335(11)98542-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
[13 p.]
ISSN
0741-3335
CODEN
PPCFET

Conference

Title
38. European Physical Society conference on plasma physics
Dates
28 Jun - 1 Jul 2011
Place
Strasbourg (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43128197
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; BRIGHTNESS; CRITICAL FIELD; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RADIATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES; PAIR PRODUCTION; POSITRONS; PULSES; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; VACUUM POLARIZATION
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATTER; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS