Quantum regime of laser-matter interactions at extreme intensities
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2016-12-08 v1 Plasma Physics
Abstract
A survey of physical parameters and of a ladder of various regimes of laser-matter interactions at extreme intensities is given. Special emphases is made on three selected topics: (i) qualitative derivation of the scalings for probability rates of the basic processes; (ii) self-sustained cascades (which may dominate at the intensity levels attainable with next generation laser facilities); and (iii) possibility of breaking down the Intense Field QED approach for ultrarelativistic electrons and high-energy photons at certain intensity level.
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@article{arxiv.1612.02038,
title = {Quantum regime of laser-matter interactions at extreme intensities},
author = {Alexander Fedotov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.02038},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
To be published in the Proceedings of the Summer School "Quantum Field Theory at the Limits: from Strong Fields to Heavy Quarks" (18-30 July 2016, BLTP, JINR, Dubna, Russia)