Higgs Hour: Strong field QED: probing fundamental physics with intense lasers
Higgs Hour: Strong field QED: probing fundamental physics with intense lasers
- Event time: 1:00pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 5th November 2021
- Speaker: Dr Anton Ilderton (School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
I will give an overview of efforts to probe non-perturbative structures in QED using intense laser fields, beginning with an introduction to the Furry expansion of observables in strong backgrounds, which is the basis of most modern theory calculations in "strong field QED". I will then introduce the Ritus-Narozhny conjecture on the breakdown of exactly those methods, and discuss its consequences and implications for theory and future experiments using both laser-particle collisions and beam-beam collisions. The talk will be introductory and details will be kept to a minimum!
Hybrid event: speaker will be presenting from the room (attendance first come, first served)
Zoom passcode: higghour2
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