Strong-Field QED and High-Power Lasers
Abstract
This contribution presents an overview of fundamental QED processes in the presence of an external field produced by an ultra-intense laser. The discussion focusses on the basic intensity effects on vacuum polarisation and the prospects for their observation. Some historical remarks are added where appropriate.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics A
- Pub Date:
- June 2012
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1111.5192
- Bibcode:
- 2012IJMPA..2760010H
- Keywords:
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- Strong-field QED;
- high-power lasers;
- vacuum polarisation;
- 12.20.-m;
- 42.50.Xa;
- Quantum electrodynamics;
- Optical tests of quantum theory;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
- E-Print:
- 14 pages, 9 figures