We discovered a simple regime where a near-critical plasma irradiated by a laser of
experimentally available intensity can self-organize to produce positrons and accelerate …

This is a remarkable book. Arthur Yaghjian is by training and profession an electrical
engineer; but he has a deep interest in fundamental questions usually reserved for …

Motivated by the development of next-generation heavy-ion sources, we have investigated
the ionization and acceleration dynamics of an ultraintense laser-driven high-Z silver target …

The intensities of the order of 1023–24 W/cm2 are required to efficiently generate electron-
positron pairs in laser-matter interaction when multiple laser beam collision is employed. To …

The possibility is discussed of using optical laser radiation with an intensity of
$>{10}^{20}\{\text {W}}\{\text {cm}}^{-2} $ to create an ultraintense X-ray source capable of …

The emission of high-energy photons is one of the major effects of relativistic laser-plasma
interactions, which underpins a wide range of applications, from plasma diagnostics to …

We present a Monte Carlo implementation of Bremsstrahlung, Bethe-Heitler, and Coulomb
Trident processes into the particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation framework. In order to address …

Radiation reaction effects will play an important role in near-future laser facilities, yet their
theoretical description remains obscure. We explore the Ford-O'Connell equation for …

X-ray emission from hollow ions offers new diagnostic opportunities for dense, strongly
coupled plasma. We present extended modeling of the x-ray emission spectrum reported by …

Radiation-reaction effects in the interaction of an electron bunch with a superstrong focused
ultrashort laser pulse are investigated in the quantum radiation-dominated regime. The …