QED and Lasers: A Tutorial
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2022-03-03 v1 Plasma Physics
Abstract
This is a write-up of a short tutorial talk on high-intensity QED, video-presented at the 2021 annual Christmas meeting of the Central Laser Facility at Rutherford-Appleton Lab, UK. The first half consists of a largely historical introduction to (quantum) electrodynamics focussing on a few key concepts. This well-established theory is then compared to its strong-field generalisation when a high-intensity laser is present. Some supplementary material and a fair amount of references have been added.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2203.01245,
title = {QED and Lasers: A Tutorial},
author = {T. Heinzl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.01245},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
25 pages, 9 figures; dedicated to the memory of Ernst Werner