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We consider strong-field effects in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas and high intensity laser and cavity systems. Current state-of-the-art laser facilities are close to reaching energy scales at which quantum electrodynamics will play a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Marklund , P. K. Shukla

Thermal Wave Model is used to study the strong self-consistent Plasma Wake Field interaction (transverse effects) between a strongly magnetized plasma and a relativistic electron/positron beam travelling along the external magnetic field,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-08-05 Renato Fedele , Fatema Tanjia , Sergio De Nicola , P. K. Shukla , Dusan Jovanovic

The plasma lens concept is examined as an alternative to focusing horns and solenoids for a neutrino beam facility. The concept is based on a combined high-current lens/target configuration. Current is fed at an electrode located downstream…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Hershcovitch , W. Weng , M. Diwan , J. Gallardo , H. Kirk , B. Johnson , S. Kahn , E. Garate , A. Van Drie

Relativistic quantum effects on physical observables of scalar charged particles are studied. Possible peculiarities of their behavior that can be verified in an experiment can confirm several fundamental conceptions of quantum mechanics.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. I. Lev , A. A. Semenov , C. V. Usenko

We present a new approach for investigating quantum effects in laser-driven plasma. Unlike the modelling strategies underpinning particle-in-cell codes that include the effects of quantum electrodynamics, our new field theory incorporates…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-05-15 A. Conroy , C. Fiedler , A. Noble , D. A. Burton

A new model to study the dynamics of relativistic quantum plasmas using the quantum electrodynamical (QED) approach has been constructed to analyze the quantum effects, relativistic corrections, and electromagnetic interactions. Considering…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-17 Priya Mishra , Punit Kumar

A quantum plasma screening model based on the density matrix formalism is used to investigate theoretically the thermonuclear reactions $^{13}$C($\alpha$, $n$)$^{16}$O and $^2$H($d$, $n$)$^3$He in laser-generated plasmas over a large range…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-04-21 David Elsing , Adriana Pálffy , Yuanbin Wu

The work is dedicated to the challenge: control and manipulation of the quantum state of a remote physical object. The goal is approached via the entanglement channel between the object and a local physical system - actuator - subjected to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-29 Ilya A. Fedorov

Wave effects in lensing form a rich phenomenon at the intersection of classical caustic singularities and quantum interference, yet are notoriously difficult to model. A large number of recently observed pulsars and fast radio bursts in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-01 Job Feldbrugge

Tightly focused laser pulses as they diverge or converge in underdense plasma can generate wake waves, having local structures that are spherical waves. Here we report on theoretical study of relativistic spherical wake waves and their…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 S. S. Bulanov , A. Maksimchuk , C. B. Schroeder , A. G. Zhidkov , E. Esarey , W. P. Leemans

The study of non-equilibrium physics from the perspective of the quantum limits of thermodynamics and fluctuation relations can be experimentally addressed with linear optical systems. We discuss recent experimental investigations in this…

Frequency-dependent gravitational lens effects are found for trajectories of electromagnetic rays passing through a distribution of plasma near a massive object. Ray propagation through plasma adds extra terms to the equations of motion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-02 Adam Rogers

The nonlinear interaction between intense laser light and a quantum plasma is modeled by a collective Dirac equation coupled with the Maxwell equations. The model is used to study the nonlinear propagation of relativistically intense laser…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Bengt Eliasson , Padma K. Shukla

We study weak gravitational lensing around a compact object with arbitrary quadrupole moment in the presence of plasma. The studied compact objects are considered to be spherically symmetric. The additional parameter $\epsilon$ regulating…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-16 Hrishikesh Chakrabarty , Askar B. Abdikamalov , Ahmadjon A. Abdujabbarov , Cosimo Bambi

We identify significant quantum many-body effects, robust to position fluctuations and strong dipole--dipole interactions, in the forward light scattering from planar arrays and uniform-density disks of cold atoms, by comparing stochastic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-18 Robert J. Bettles , Mark D. Lee , Simon A. Gardiner , Janne Ruostekoski

This paper investigates gravitational lensing effects in the presence of plasma in the strong deflection limit, which corresponds to light rays circling around a compact object and forming higher-order images. While previous studies of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-26 Fabiano Feleppa , Valerio Bozza , Oleg Yu. Tsupko

Quantum mechanics of bending of a nonrelativistic monoenergetic charged particle beam by a dipole magnet is studied in the paraxial approximation. The transfer map for the position and momentum components of a particle of the beam between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Sameen Ahmed Khan , Ramaswamy Jagannathan

We briefly report on some results regarding the impact of very short and intense laser pulses on a cold, low-density plasma initially at rest, and the consequent acceleration of plasma electrons to relativistic energies. Locally and for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-03-05 Gaetano Fiore

A quantum kinetic theory for correlated charged-particle systems in strong time-dependent electromagnetic fields is developed. Our approach is based on a systematic gauge-invariant nonequilibrium Green's functions formulation. Extending our…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 M. Bonitz , Th. Bornath , D. Kremp , M. Schlanges , W. D. Kraeft

Quantum and collisional effects on the unstable spectrum of a relativistic electron beam-plasma system are investigated through a two-fluids model. Application is made to the near target center interaction of the relativistic electron beam…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Bret , F. J. Marín Fernández , J. M. Anfray