Plasma Physics in Strong Field Regimes
arXiv:1808.05983
Abstract
In strong electromagnetic fields, new plasma phenomena and applications emerge, whose modeling requires analytical theories and numerical schemes that I will develop in this thesis. Based on my new results of the classical plasma model, the role of strong magnetic fields during laser-plasma interactions can now be understood. Moreover, based my new quantum electrodynamics (QED) models for plasmas, it is now possible to understand strong-field QED effects in astrophysical environments and test them in laboratory settings.
Princeton PhD thesis September 2018. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Program in Plasma Physics. 391 pages, 41 figures, 2 tables. The official version is freely available online through ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
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