Extreme quantum field theory and particle physics with IZEST

Dunne, G.V.

doi:10.1140/epjst/e2014-02156-4

Extreme quantum field theory and particle physics with IZEST

G.V. Dunne
(
- Connecticut U.
)

2014

7 pages

Published in:

Eur.Phys.J.ST 223 (2014) 6, 1055-1061

Published: 2014

DOI:

10.1140/epjst/e2014-02156-4

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Abstract:

The prospect of next-generation ultra-high-intensity laser sources has prompted recent renewed study of nonlinear QED processes, such as the Schwinger effect, in which the instability of the QEDvacuumisprobedbyexternalfields.Experimentalobservationof these nonlinear QED effects would provide unprecedented controlled access to non-perturbative processes in quantum field theory under extreme conditions, which is of direct interest in particle physics and astrophysical applications. I summarize important theoretical issues, both conceptual and computational, related to these nonlinear QED effects

quantum electrodynamics: nonlinear
nonperturbative
stability
laser
field theory
external field
UHE

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