Eur. Phys. J. D 55, 359-364 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2009-00113-x

Exploring high-intensity QED at ELI

¹ University of Plymouth, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
² School of Mathematics, Hamilton Building, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Corresponding author: ^a theinzl@plymouth.ac.uk

Received: 12 November 2008
Published online: 3 April 2009

Abstract

We give a non-technical overview of QED effects arising in the presence of ultra-strong electromagnetic fields highlighting the new prospects provided by a realisation of the ELI laser facility.