Laser-Plasma Interactions at the Intensity Frontier: the Transition to the QED-Plasma Regime
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Stuart Mangles (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Arran C
(2019)
Optimal parameters for radiation reaction experiments
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Assmann R
(2020)
EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Assmann R
(2021)
Erratum to: EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 229, 3675-4284 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Baird C
(2019)
Realising single-shot measurements of quantum radiation reaction in high-intensity lasers
in New Journal of Physics
Blackburn T
(2020)
Model-independent inference of laser intensity
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Gould O
(2019)
Observing thermal Schwinger pair production
in Physical Review A
Kettle B
(2021)
A laser-plasma platform for photon-photon physics: the two photon Breit-Wheeler process
in New Journal of Physics
Kononenko O
(2016)
2D hydrodynamic simulations of a variable length gas target for density down-ramp injection of electrons into a laser wakefield accelerator
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Poder K
(2018)
Experimental Signatures of the Quantum Nature of Radiation Reaction in the Field of an Ultraintense Laser
in Physical Review X
Ridgers C
(2017)
Signatures of quantum effects on radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Sarri G
(2017)
Spectral and spatial characterisation of laser-driven positron beams
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Sarri G
(2015)
Generation of neutral and high-density electron-positron pair plasmas in the laboratory.
in Nature communications
Turcu I. C. E.
(2016)
HIGH FIELD PHYSICS AND QED EXPERIMENTS AT ELI-NP
in ROMANIAN REPORTS IN PHYSICS
| Description | We successfully measured the effect of radiation reaction in the collision of an ultra intense laser with an electron beam for the first time. This has already been published in PRX and received significant media coverage. We have also worked on understanding the exact experimental parameters that will be needed to properly distinguish between different models of this radiation reaction process. |
| Exploitation Route | The next generation of laser labs (e.g. ELI) will be performing similar experiments to ours, pushing the intensity frontier and we are already talking with those labs on the best ways to repeat our experiment. The gamma rays have some potential in imaging of dense material and we are investigating those with DSTL |
| Sectors | Energy,Other |
| Description | Our experiment which measured a process called "radiation reaction" in the collision of a high-intensity lasers with high-energy electron beams had impact outside of academia. It attracted significant attention in the online news media (published by 16 news outlets) and in social media, thereby contributing to societal impact through an increase in public awareness and knowledge of fundamental science. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | The new intensity frontier: exploring quantum electrodynamic plasmas |
| Amount | £506,289 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V049577/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 06/2025 |
| Description | PRX press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Following publication of our PRX on radiation reaction we issued a press release. Altmetrics has found that this resulted in reports by 15 new outlets, including an article in the Independent. It was tweeted about 18 times, reaching up to 22,000 followers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://aps.altmetric.com/details/32793590/ |