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Editorial p. 249

F. Pegoraro

Published online: 10 October 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00262-x

Vision of a fully laser-driven nγ−mγ collider p. 253

D. Habs, B. M. Hegelich, J. Schreiber and P. G. Thirolf

Published online: 13 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00080-2

Coherent photon-photon interactions in very peripheral relativistic heavy ion collisions p. 265

G. Baur

Published online: 06 February 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00019-7

Ultrarelativistic electron-positron plasma p. 271

M. H. Thoma

Published online: 13 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00077-9

Vision of nuclear physics with photo-nuclear reactions by laser-driven beams p. 279

D. Habs, T. Tajima, J. Schreiber, C. P.J. Barty, M. Fujiwara and P. G. Thirolf

Published online: 03 April 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00101-2

Plasma-field structures during relativistic laser interaction with overdense plasmas at finite electron temperatures p. 287

A. V. Korzhimanov and A. V. Kim

Published online: 09 July 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00200-0

Observation of the transient charging of a laser-irradiated solid p. 293

K. Quinn, P. A. Wilson, B. Ramakrishna, G. Sarri, L. Romagnani, A. Pipahl, O. Willi, L. Lancia, J. Fuchs, D. C. Carroll et al. (9 more)

Published online: 13 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00079-7

Application of proton radiography in experiments of relevance to inertial confinement fusion p. 299

G. Sarri, M. Borghesi, C. A. Cecchetti, L. Romagnani, R. Jung, O. Willi, D. J. Hoarty, R. M. Stevenson, C. R.D. Brown, S. F. James et al. (4 more)

Published online: 03 April 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00115-8

Large temporal window contrast measurement using optical parametric amplification and low-sensitivity detectors p. 305

R. C. Shah, R. P. Johnson, T. Shimada and B. M. Hegelich

Published online: 21 May 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00152-3

Highlight

Strong laser fields as a probe for fundamental physics p. 311

H. Gies

Published online: 06 February 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00006-0

Quantum vacuum experiments using high intensity lasers p. 319

M. Marklund and J. Lundin

Published online: 16 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00169-6

New strong-field QED effects at extreme light infrastructure - Nonperturbative vacuum pair production p. 327

G. V. Dunne

Published online: 06 February 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00022-0

Dynamical Schwinger effect and high-intensity lasers. Realising nonperturbative QED p. 341

D. B. Blaschke, A. V. Prozorkevich, G. Röpke, C. D. Roberts, S. M. Schmidt, D. S. Shkirmanov and S. A. Smolyansky

Published online: 06 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00156-y

Exploring high-intensity QED at ELI p. 359

T. Heinzl and A. Ilderton

Published online: 03 April 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00113-x

Highlight

Special analytical properties of ultrastrong coherent fields p. 365

H. R. Reiss

Published online: 13 February 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00039-3

Quantum radiation by electrons in lasers and the Unruh effect p. 375

R. Schützhold and C. Maia

Published online: 13 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00038-4

Signatures of the Unruh effect via high-power, short-pulse lasers p. 379

P. G. Thirolf, D. Habs, A. Henig, D. Jung, D. Kiefer, C. Lang, J. Schreiber, C. Maia, G. Schaller et al. (2 more)

Published online: 16 May 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00149-x

Comment

Comment on “Signatures of the Unruh effect via high-power, short-pulse lasers” - by P.G. Thirolf, D. Habs, A. Henig, D. Jung, D. Kiefer, C. Lang, C. Schaller, J. Schreiber, and R. Schuetzhold, Eur. Phys. J. D 55, 377–387 (2009) p. 391

Vladimir Tikhonchuk and Francesco Pegoraro

Published online: 16 May 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00148-y

Ponderomotive ion acceleration in dense plasmas at super-high laser intensities p. 393

N. Naumova, T. Schlegel, V. T. Tikhonchuk, C. Labaune, I. V. Sokolov and G. Mourou

Published online: 19 September 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00250-2

Stability of a plasma foil in the radiation pressure dominated regime p. 399

F. Pegoraro and S. V. Bulanov

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00063-3

Relativistic high harmonics and (sub-)attosecond pulses: relativistic spikes and relativistic mirror p. 407

A. Pukhov, T. Baeva, D. an der Brügge and S. Münster

Published online: 23 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00187-4

Interplay of collisions and temperature on the filamentary structures of a relativistic electron beam in plasmas p. 415

Naveen Kumar, A. Karmakar, A. Pukhov and G. Shvets

Published online: 03 April 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00102-1

Control of laser-accelerated proton beams by modifying the target density with ASE p. 421

A. Yogo, H. Kiriyama, M. Mori, T. Zh. Esirkepov, K. Ogura, A. Sagisaka, S. Orimo, M. Nishiuchi, A. S. Pirozhkov, H. Nagatomo et al. (11 more)

Published online: 13 February 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00045-5

First observation of quasi-monoenergetic electron bunches driven out of ultra-thin diamond-like carbon (DLC) foils p. 427

D. Kiefer, A. Henig, D. Jung, D. C. Gautier, K. A. Flippo, S. A. Gaillard, S. Letzring, R. P. Johnson, R. C. Shah, T. Shimada et al. (5 more)

Published online: 09 July 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00199-0

Coherent Thomson backscattering from laser-driven relativistic ultra-thin electron layers p. 433

J. Meyer-ter-Vehn and H.-C. Wu

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00081-1

The reflectivity of relativistic ultra-thin electron layers p. 443

H.-C. Wu and J. Meyer-ter-Vehn

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00082-0

Acceleration of ultra-thin electron layer. Analytical treatment compared with 1D-PIC simulation p. 451

M. Wen, H.-C. Wu, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn and B. Shen

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00083-y

High-power laser-driven source of ultra-short X-ray and gamma-ray pulses p. 457

T. Zh. Esirkepov, S. V. Bulanov, A. G. Zhidkov, A. S. Pirozhkov and M. Kando

Published online: 16 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00172-y

Experimental studies of the high and low frequency electromagnetic radiation produced from nonlinear laser-plasma interactions p. 465

M. Kando, A. S. Pirozhkov, Y. Fukuda, T. Zh. Esirkepov, I. Daito, K. Kawase, J. L. Ma, L. M. Chen, Y. Hayashi, M. Mori et al. (19 more)

Published online: 12 September 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00246-x

Controlling the divergence of high harmonics from solid targets: a route toward coherent harmonic focusing p. 475

R. Hörlein, S. G. Rykovanov, B. Dromey, Y. Nomura, D. Adams, M. Geissler, M. Zepf, F. Krausz and G. D. Tsakiris

Published online: 13 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00084-x

Relativistic laser-matter interaction and relativistic laboratory astrophysics p. 483

S. V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, D. Habs, F. Pegoraro and T. Tajima

Published online: 01 May 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00138-1

Particle acceleration in cosmic sites - Astrophysics issues in our understanding of cosmic rays p. 509

R. L. Diehl

Published online: 09 July 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00183-8

Prospect for extreme field science p. 519

T. Tajima

Published online: 26 March 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00107-8

EPJ

The European Physical Journal D

Volume 55 / No 2 (November 2009)

Topical issue on Fundamental physics and ultra-high laser fields

Topical issue: Fundamental Physics and Ultra-High Laser Fields

Editorial p. 249

Vision of a fully laser-driven nγ−mγ collider p. 253

Coherent photon-photon interactions in very peripheral relativistic heavy ion collisions p. 265

Ultrarelativistic electron-positron plasma p. 271

Vision of nuclear physics with photo-nuclear reactions by laser-driven beams p. 279

Plasma-field structures during relativistic laser interaction with overdense plasmas at finite electron temperatures p. 287

Observation of the transient charging of a laser-irradiated solid p. 293

Application of proton radiography in experiments of relevance to inertial confinement fusion p. 299

Large temporal window contrast measurement using optical parametric amplification and low-sensitivity detectors p. 305

Strong laser fields as a probe for fundamental physics p. 311

Quantum vacuum experiments using high intensity lasers p. 319

New strong-field QED effects at extreme light infrastructure - Nonperturbative vacuum pair production p. 327

Dynamical Schwinger effect and high-intensity lasers. Realising nonperturbative QED p. 341

Exploring high-intensity QED at ELI p. 359

Special analytical properties of ultrastrong coherent fields p. 365

Quantum radiation by electrons in lasers and the Unruh effect p. 375

Signatures of the Unruh effect via high-power, short-pulse lasers p. 379

Comment on “Signatures of the Unruh effect via high-power, short-pulse lasers” - by P.G. Thirolf, D. Habs, A. Henig, D. Jung, D. Kiefer, C. Lang, C. Schaller, J. Schreiber, and R. Schuetzhold, Eur. Phys. J. D 55, 377–387 (2009) p. 391

Ponderomotive ion acceleration in dense plasmas at super-high laser intensities p. 393

Stability of a plasma foil in the radiation pressure dominated regime p. 399

Relativistic high harmonics and (sub-)attosecond pulses: relativistic spikes and relativistic mirror p. 407

Interplay of collisions and temperature on the filamentary structures of a relativistic electron beam in plasmas p. 415

Control of laser-accelerated proton beams by modifying the target density with ASE p. 421

First observation of quasi-monoenergetic electron bunches driven out of ultra-thin diamond-like carbon (DLC) foils p. 427

Coherent Thomson backscattering from laser-driven relativistic ultra-thin electron layers p. 433

The reflectivity of relativistic ultra-thin electron layers p. 443

Acceleration of ultra-thin electron layer. Analytical treatment compared with 1D-PIC simulation p. 451

High-power laser-driven source of ultra-short X-ray and gamma-ray pulses p. 457

Experimental studies of the high and low frequency electromagnetic radiation produced from nonlinear laser-plasma interactions p. 465

Controlling the divergence of high harmonics from solid targets: a route toward coherent harmonic focusing p. 475

Relativistic laser-matter interaction and relativistic laboratory astrophysics p. 483

Particle acceleration in cosmic sites - Astrophysics issues in our understanding of cosmic rays p. 509

Prospect for extreme field science p. 519

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