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Dominance of - electron-positron pair creation in a plasma driven by high-intensity lasers
Y. He, T. G. Blackburn, T. Toncian +1
Creation of electrons and positrons from light alone is a basic prediction of quantum electrodynamics, but yet to be observed. Here we show that it is possible to create …
Sign reversal in magnetic field amplification by relativistic laser-driven microtube implosions
K. Weichman, M. Murakami, A. P. L. Robinson +1
We demonstrate and explain the surprising phenomenon of sign reversal in magnetic field amplification by the laser-driven implosion of a structured target. Relativistically intense…
Emission of electromagnetic waves as a stopping mechanism for nonlinear collisionless ionization waves in a high- regime
Haotian Mao, Kathleen Weichman, Zheng Gong +3
A high energy density plasma embedded in a neutral gas is able to launch an outward-propagating nonlinear electrostatic ionization wave that traps energetic electrons. The trapping…
Strong surface magnetic field generation in relativistic short pulse laser-plasma interaction with an applied seed magnetic field
Kathleen Weichman, Alexander P. L. Robinson, Masakatsu Murakami +1
While plasma often behaves diamagnetically, we demonstrate that the laser irradiation of a thin opaque target with an embedded target-transverse seed magnetic field $B_\mathrm{seed…
Birefringence in thermally anisotropic relativistic plasmas and its impact on laser-plasma interactions
A. Arefiev, D. Stark, T. Toncian +1
One of the paradigm-shifting phenomena triggered in laser-plasma interactions at relativistic intensities is the so-called relativistic transparency. As the electrons become heated…
Quantum anti-quenching of radiation from laser-driven structured plasma channels
F. Mackenroth, Z. Gong, A. V. Arefiev
We demonstrate that in the interaction of a high-power laser pulse with a structured solid-density plasma-channel, clear quantum signatures of stochastic radiation emission manifes…