EPJ Special Topics (EPJ ST)

Review

Summary of the IZEST science and aspiration

G. Mourou and T. Tajima

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02148-4

Review

The IZEST Framework

M.N. Quinn, J.A. Wheeler, J.L. Miquel, V. Zamfir and A.M. Sergeev

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02149-3

Review

Collaboration of academia and industry for high field science

Y. Kato

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02150-x

Laser electron acceleration beyond 100 GeV

Kazuhisa Nakajima

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02151-9

Scaling electron acceleration in the bubble regime for upcoming lasers

O. Jansen, T. Tückmantel and A. Pukhov

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02152-8

Instability-free ion acceleration by two laser pulses

M.L. Zhou, S. Zhao, H.Y. Wang, C. Lin, H.Y. Lu, Y.R. Lu, T. Tajima, X.T. He, C.E. Chen, Y.Q. Gu and X.Q. Yan

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02153-7

Laser acceleration in novel media

T. Tajima

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02154-6

Effect of radiation reaction on particle motion and production in IZEST-strong fields

I.V. Sokolov, G.A. Mourou and N.M. Naumova

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02155-5

Review

Extreme quantum field theory and particle physics with IZEST

G.V. Dunne

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02156-4

Investigating the QED vacuum with ultra-intense laser fields

B. King and A. Di Piazza

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02157-3

Near QED regime of laser interaction with overdense plasmas

L.L. Ji, A. Pukhov, E.N. Nerush, I.Yu. Kostyukov, K.U. Akli and B.F. Shen

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02158-2

Review

Creation of electron-positron plasma with superstrong laser field

N.B. Narozhny and A.M. Fedotov

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02159-1

Review

Probing the quantum vacuum with ultra intense laser pulses

B.M. Hegelich, G. Mourou and J. Rafelski

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02160-8

Review

New horizons for extreme light physics with mega-science project XCELS

A.V. Bashinov, A.A. Gonoskov, A.V. Kim, G. Mourou and A.M. Sergeev

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02161-7

Pondermotive acceleration of charged particles along the relativistic jets of an accreting blackhole

T. Ebisuzaki and T. Tajima

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02162-6

Review

Laser cosmology

P. Chen

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02163-5

Review

Perspective to search for sub-eV neutral boson resonances with stimulated laser colliders

K. Homma

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02164-4

Review

Collider physics at high energies and low luminosities

A. Caldwell

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02165-3

Review

Accelerating Universe viewed from the Scalar-Tensor theory

Y. Fujii

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02166-2

Amplification of ultra-short light pulses by ion collective modes in plasmas - The use of damage-less optics for high laser intensities

A. Frank, J. Fuchs, L. Lancia, G. Lehmann, J.-R. Marquès, G. Mourou, C. Riconda, K.H. Spatschek, T. Toncian, L. Vassura and S. Weber

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02167-1

Review

Key plasma parameters for resonant backward Raman amplification in plasma

V.M. Malkin and N.J. Fisch

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02168-0

Plasma devices for focusing extreme light pulses

J. Fuchs, A.A. Gonoskov, M. Nakatsutsumi, W. Nazarov, F. Quéré, A.M. Sergeev and X.Q. Yan

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02169-y

Spatially-uniform temporal recompression of intense femtosecond optical pulses

S. Mironov, P. Lassonde, J.-C. Kieffer, E. Khazanov and G. Mourou

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02170-6

Single cycle thin film compressor opening the door to Zeptosecond-Exawatt physics

G. Mourou, S. Mironov, E. Khazanov and A. Sergeev

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02171-5

Review

ICAN as a new laser paradigm for high energy, high average power femtosecond pulses

W.S. Brocklesby, J. Nilsson, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, A. Brignon, J. Bourderionnet, L. Lombard, V. Michau, M. Hanna, Y. Zaouter et al. (2 more)

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02172-4

Coherent acceleration by laser pulse echelons in periodic plasma structures

A. Pukhov, I. Kostyukov, T. Tückmantel, Ph. Luu-Thanh and G. Mourou

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02173-3

Review

Fibre lasers for gamma colliders

L. Corner

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02174-2

Review

Bright perspectives for nuclear photonics

P.G. Thirolf and D. Habs

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02175-1

Review

Nuclear Physics with 10 PW laser beams at Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)

N.V. Zamfir

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02176-0

Review

Application of Laser Compton Scattered gamma-ray beams to nondestructive detection and assay of nuclear material

R. Hajima, T. Hayakawa, T. Shizuma, C.T. Angell, R. Nagai, N. Nishimori, M. Sawamura, S. Matsuba, A. Kosuge, M. Mori and M. Seya

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02177-y

Review

Application of fiber laser for a Higgs factory

W. Chou

Published online: 04 June 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02178-x

EPJ

The European Physical Journal Special Topics

Zetta-Exawatt Science and Technology. Guest Editors: G. Mourou and T. Tajima (Eds.), M.N. Quinn and J.A. Wheeler (Asst. Eds.)

Summary of the IZEST science and aspiration

The IZEST Framework

Collaboration of academia and industry for high field science

Laser electron acceleration beyond 100 GeV

Scaling electron acceleration in the bubble regime for upcoming lasers

Instability-free ion acceleration by two laser pulses

Laser acceleration in novel media

Effect of radiation reaction on particle motion and production in IZEST-strong fields

Extreme quantum field theory and particle physics with IZEST

Investigating the QED vacuum with ultra-intense laser fields

Near QED regime of laser interaction with overdense plasmas

Creation of electron-positron plasma with superstrong laser field

Probing the quantum vacuum with ultra intense laser pulses

New horizons for extreme light physics with mega-science project XCELS

Pondermotive acceleration of charged particles along the relativistic jets of an accreting blackhole

Laser cosmology

Perspective to search for sub-eV neutral boson resonances with stimulated laser colliders

Collider physics at high energies and low luminosities

Accelerating Universe viewed from the Scalar-Tensor theory

Amplification of ultra-short light pulses by ion collective modes in plasmas - The use of damage-less optics for high laser intensities

Key plasma parameters for resonant backward Raman amplification in plasma

Plasma devices for focusing extreme light pulses

Spatially-uniform temporal recompression of intense femtosecond optical pulses

Single cycle thin film compressor opening the door to Zeptosecond-Exawatt physics

ICAN as a new laser paradigm for high energy, high average power femtosecond pulses

Coherent acceleration by laser pulse echelons in periodic plasma structures

Fibre lasers for gamma colliders

Bright perspectives for nuclear photonics

Nuclear Physics with 10 PW laser beams at Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)

Application of Laser Compton Scattered gamma-ray beams to nondestructive detection and assay of nuclear material

Application of fiber laser for a Higgs factory

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