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Experimental Signatures of the Quantum Nature of Radiation Reaction in the Field of an Ultraintense Laser by Poder, K., Tamburini, M., Sarri, G., Di Piazza, A., Kuschel, S., Baird, C. D., Behm, K., Bohlen, S., Cole, J. M., Corvan, D. J., Duff, M., Gerstmayr, E., Keitel, C. H., Krushelnick, K., Mangles, S. P. D., McKenna, P., Murphy, C. D., Najmudin, Z., Ridgers, C. P., Samarin, G. M., Symes, D. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Warwick, J., Zepf, M.

“…The description of the dynamics of an electron in an external electromagnetic field of arbitrary intensity is one of the most fundamental outstanding problems…”
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Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions by Blackburn, T G, Ridgers, C P, Kirk, J G, Bell, A R

“…It is possible using current high-intensity laser facilities to reach the quantum radiation reaction regime for energetic electrons. An experiment using a…”
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Reaching supercritical field strengths with intense lasers by Blackburn, T G, Ilderton, A, Marklund, M, Ridgers, C P

“…It is conjectured that all perturbative approaches to quantum electrodynamics (QED) break down in the collision of a high-energy electron beam with an intense…”
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The effect of nonlinear quantum electrodynamics on relativistic transparency and laser absorption in ultra-relativistic plasmas by Zhang, Peng, Ridgers, C P, Thomas, A G R

“…With the aid of large-scale three-dimensional quantum electrodynamics (QED)-particle-in-cell simulations, we describe a potential experimental configuration to…”
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Modelling gamma-ray photon emission and pair production in high-intensity laser–matter interactions by Ridgers, C.P., Kirk, J.G., Duclous, R., Blackburn, T.G., Brady, C.S., Bennett, K., Arber, T.D., Bell, A.R.

“…In high-intensity (>1021 Wcm−2) laser–matter interactions gamma-ray photon emission by the electrons can strongly affect the electronʼs dynamics and copious…”
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Dense electron-positron plasmas and ultraintense γ rays from laser-irradiated solids by Ridgers, C P, Brady, C S, Duclous, R, Kirk, J G, Bennett, K, Arber, T D, Robinson, A P L, Bell, A R

“…In simulations of a 10 PW laser striking a solid, we demonstrate the possibility of producing a pure electron-positron plasma by the same processes as those…”
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Identifying the electron-positron cascade regimes in high-intensity laser-matter interactions by Slade-Lowther, C, Del Sorbo, D, Ridgers, C P

“…Strong-field quantum electrodynamics predicts electron-seeded electron-positron pair cascades when the electric field in the rest-frame of the seed electron…”
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Experimental Evidence of Radiation Reaction in the Collision of a High-Intensity Laser Pulse with a Laser-Wakefield Accelerated Electron Beam by Cole, J. M., Behm, K. T., Gerstmayr, E., Blackburn, T. G., Wood, J. C., Baird, C. D., Duff, M. J., Harvey, C., Ilderton, A., Joglekar, A. S., Krushelnick, K., Kuschel, S., Marklund, M., McKenna, P., Murphy, C. D., Poder, K., Ridgers, C. P., Samarin, G. M., Sarri, G., Symes, D. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Warwick, J., Zepf, M., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D.

“…The dynamics of energetic particles in strong electromagnetic fields can be heavily influenced by the energy loss arising from the emission of radiation during…”
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Measurement of Magnetic Cavitation Driven by Heat Flow in a Plasma by Arran, C, Bradford, P, Dearling, A, Hicks, G S, Al-Atabi, S, Antonelli, L, Ettlinger, O C, Khan, M, Read, M P, Glize, K, Notley, M, Walsh, C A, Kingham, R J, Najmudin, Z, Ridgers, C P, Woolsey, N C

“…We describe the direct measurement of the expulsion of a magnetic field from a plasma driven by heat flow. Using a laser to heat a column of gas within an…”
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Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy: an introduction to the first special edition by Norreys, P. A., Ridgers, C., Lancaster, K., Koepke, M., Tynan, G.

“…A European consortium of 15 laboratories across nine nations have worked together under the EUROFusion Enabling Research grants for the past decade with three…”
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Efficient ion acceleration and dense electron-positron plasma creation in ultra-high intensity laser-solid interactions by Del Sorbo, D, Blackman, D R, Capdessus, R, Small, K, Slade-Lowther, C, Luo, W, Duff, M J, Robinson, A P L, McKenna, P, Sheng, Z-M, Pasley, J, Ridgers, C P

“…The radiation pressure of next generation ultra-high intensity (>1023 W cm−2) lasers could efficiently accelerate ions to GeV energies. However, nonlinear…”
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The inadequacy of a magnetohydrodynamic approach to the Biermann battery by Ridgers, C P, Arran, C, Bissell, J J, Kingham, R J

“…Magnetic fields can be generated in plasmas by the Biermann battery when the electric field produced by the electron pressure gradient has a curl. The commonly…”
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Laser absorption in relativistically underdense plasmas by synchrotron radiation by Brady, C S, Ridgers, C P, Arber, T D, Bell, A R, Kirk, J G

“…A novel absorption mechanism for linearly polarized lasers propagating in relativistically underdense solids in the ultrarelativistic (a ~ 100) regime is…”
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Investigation of QED Effects With Varying Z in Thin Foil Targets by Chintalwad, S., Krishnamurthy, S., Ramakrishna, B., Morris, S., Ridgers, C.

“…Quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects in intense laser-plasma interaction were investigated using particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations, specifically the…”
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Observations of pressure anisotropy effects within semi-collisional magnetized plasma bubbles by Tubman, E. R., Joglekar, A. S., Bott, A. F. A., Borghesi, M., Coleman, B., Cooper, G., Danson, C. N., Durey, P., Foster, J. M., Graham, P., Gregori, G., Gumbrell, E. T., Hill, M. P., Hodge, T., Kar, S., Kingham, R. J., Read, M., Ridgers, C. P., Skidmore, J., Spindloe, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Treadwell, P., Wilson, S., Willingale, L., Woolsey, N. C.

“…Magnetized plasma interactions are ubiquitous in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. Various physical effects have been shown to be important within…”
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QED cascade saturation in extreme high fields by Luo, Wen, Liu, Wei-Yuan, Yuan, Tao, Chen, Min, Yu, Ji-Ye, Li, Fei-Yu, Del Sorbo, D., Ridgers, C. P., Sheng, Zheng-Ming

“…Upcoming ultrahigh power lasers at 10 PW level will make it possible to experimentally explore electron-positron ( e − e + ) pair cascades and subsequent…”
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Realising single-shot measurements of quantum radiation reaction in high-intensity lasers by Baird, C D, Murphy, C D, Blackburn, T G, Ilderton, A, Mangles, S P D, Marklund, M, Ridgers, C P

“…Modern laser technology is now sufficiently advanced that collisions between high-intensity laser pulses and laser-wakefield-accelerated (LWFA) electron beams…”
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Strong Radiation-Damping Effects in a Gamma-Ray Source Generated by the Interaction of a High-Intensity Laser with a Wakefield-Accelerated Electron Beam by Thomas, A. G. R., Ridgers, C. P., Bulanov, S. S., Griffin, B. J., Mangles, S. P. D.

“…A number of theoretical calculations have studied the effect of radiation-reaction forces on radiation distributions in strong-field counterpropagating…”
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Effect of laser temporal intensity skew on enhancing pair production in laser—electron-beam collisions by Bradley, L E, Streeter, M J V, Murphy, C D, Arran, C, Blackburn, T G, Galletti, M, Mangles, S P D, Ridgers, C P

“…Abstract Recent high-intensity laser experiments (Cole et al 2018 Phys. Rev. X 8 011020; Poder et al 2018 Phys. Rev. X 8 031004) have shown evidence of strong…”
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Models of thermal conduction and non-local transport of relevance to space physics with insights from laser–plasma theory by Arber, T. D., Goffrey, T., Ridgers, C.

“…Models of solar and space plasmas require an accurate model for thermal transport. The simplest such model is to assume that the fluid approach is valid and…”
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