https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02161-7
Review
New horizons for extreme light physics with mega-science project XCELS
1 Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2 University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
3 Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenberg, Sweden
4 IZEST, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
a e-mail: ams@ufp.appl.sci-nnov.ru
Received: 13 March 2014
Revised: 24 March 2014
Published online: 4 June 2014
A short review of the Russian mega-science project XCELS and scientific problems to be solved are presented. We discuss the origin of multi-beam design to attain the highest field magnitude at optimal focusing. Then, we formulate particular physical problems of fundamental interest that can be solved within this project.
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