| Laser Wakefield Accelerators and Applications
LWFA of > 10 GeV electron beams using 3 PW driver Table-top synchrotron facility for X-ray science |
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| Laser Production of Protons, Ions, Neutrons and other Particles
“Light sail” ion acceleration with ~ 1 GeV/nucleon Production of positrons, muons and pions Medical applications |
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| Strong Field Physics and Relativistic Plasma
Nonlinear QED Measurements of radiation reaction in both classical and quantum regimes Laser absorption mechanisms at ultra-high intensities with the effects of radiation reaction |
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| Extreme Laboratory Astrophysics
The dynamics of magnetic fields in reconnection and generation of relativistic plasma jets Laser-driven reconnection in a relativistic pair plasma Relativistic shocks Generation of streaming electron-positron plasmas |
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| Basic Plasma Physics with Intense Lasers
Relativistic and strongly driven nonlinear effects of wave mixing in plasma Relativistically induced transparency Generation of strong magnetic fields (~105 Tesla) and energetic particle dynamics |
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| Nuclear Photonics
High flux monochromatic gamma ray beams for nuclear physics Studies of photo-fission barriers and cross-sections Rare fission modes Nuclear isomers for high-density energy storage |
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