On the problems of relativistic laboratory astrophysics and fundamental physics with super powerful lasers

0522072 - FZÚ 2020 RIV RU eng J - Journal Article
Bulanov, S.V. - Esirkepov, T.Z. - Kando, M. - Koga, J. - Kondo, K. - Korn, Georg
On the problems of relativistic laboratory astrophysics and fundamental physics with super powerful lasers.
Plasma Physics Reports. Roč. 41, č. 1 (2015), s. 1-51. ISSN 1063-780X. E-ISSN 1562-6938
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : high-energy electrons * nonlinear thomson scattering * field line reconnection * gamma-ray flares * magnetic-field * current sheets * cosmic-rays * electromagnetic-radiation * charged-particles
OECD category: Atomic, molecular and chemical physics (physics of atoms and molecules including collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Mössbauer effect)
Impact factor: 1.010, year: 2015
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063780x15010018

The ways toward modeling of astrophysical processes and extreme field regimes with super-power lasers are discussed. The main attention is paid to the problem of limited similarity in using the dimensionless parameters characterizing the processes in the laser and astrophysical plasmas. As the most typical examples, we address the magnetic reconnection and collisionless shock waves relevant to the problem of ultrarelativistic particle acceleration. In the extreme field limits we consider the regimes of dominant radiation reaction, changing the electromagnetic wave-matter interaction. In these regimes it, in particular, results in a new powerful source of ultra high-brightness gamma-rays and will make possible electron-positron pair creation in vacuum in a multiphoton processes. This will allow modeling under terrestrial laboratory conditions the processes in astrophysical objects and paves the way to experimental verifications using ultra intense lasers as they are currently developed within the ELI project.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0306573