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キーワード:
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, hep-ph, Physics, Atomic Physics, physics.atom-ph, Physics, Plasma Physics, physics.plasm-ph
要旨:
The field of laser-matter interaction traditionally deals with the response
of atoms, molecules and plasmas to an external light wave. However, the recent
sustained technological progress is opening up the possibility of employing
intense laser radiation to trigger or substantially influence physical
processes beyond atomic-physics energy scales. Available optical laser
intensities exceeding $10^{22}\;\text{W/cm$^2$}$ can push the fundamental
light-electron interaction to the extreme limit where radiation-reaction
effects dominate the electron dynamics, can shed light on the structure of the
quantum vacuum, and can trigger the creation of particles like electrons, muons
and pions and their corresponding antiparticles. Also, novel sources of intense
coherent high-energy photons and laser-based particle colliders can pave the
way to nuclear quantum optics and may even allow for potential discovery of new
particles beyond the Standard Model. These are the main topics of the present
article, which is devoted to a review of recent investigations on high-energy
processes within the realm of relativistic quantum dynamics, quantum
electrodynamics, nuclear and particle physics, occurring in extremely intense
laser fields.
