Experimental signatures of the quantum nature of radiation reaction in the field of an ultraintense laser
- Submitting institution
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Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 2745
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031004
- Title of journal
- Physical Review X
- Article number
- ARTN 031004
- First page
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- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 2160-3308
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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23
- Research group(s)
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F - Plasma Physics
- Citation count
- 113
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- An outstanding problem in high-field physics is quantifying the radiation reaction of a charged particle travelling through electromagnetic fields. The laser wakefield accelerator which I have developed on the Astra Gemini laser is ideal for studies of radiation reaction as it can produce energetic electrons that can be synchronised with another intense laser field. In the frame of the energetic electrons, the nonlinearity parameter becomes large, and thus would require quantum corrections to accurately describe it. The measurements in this paper, made by my team, using the platform developed by me, gave the first hints that such considerations are necessary.
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- No
- English abstract
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