Plasmas in extreme electromagnetic fields

Year: 2019

Authors: Pegoraro F.

Autors Affiliation: Pisa Univ, Dept Phys, Largo Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; CNR, Natl Inst Opt, Via G Moruzzi 1, Pisa, Italy

Abstract: The recent developments in the generation of laser pulses with ultra-high power (presently petawatt and progressing) have opened up a new frontier in plasma research by making it possible to obtain and to study mesoscopic amounts of relativistic (ionized) matter in compact-size experiments in the laboratory. This will make it possible to investigate in a controlled environment the nonlinear dynamics of collective relativistic systems, to enter the Quantum Electrodynamics plasma regime, and to explore conditions that are of interest for high-energy astrophysics and beyond.

Journal/Review: RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI

Volume: 30 (1)      Pages from: 11  to: 15

KeyWords: Relativistic plasmas; Ultra-intense electromagnetic fields; High-energy laboratory astrophysics
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-019-00772-1

Citations: 5
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