Laser-induced molecular dynamics and ionization represent a frontier in ultrafast science, whereby intense laser pulses induce rapid electronic and nuclear motions in molecules. This field explores ...

Laser wakefield acceleration works by shooting powerful laser pulses through a cloud of ionized gas (plasma). The pulse creates a wave (or wake) on which introduced electrons “surf,” much as human ...

In 2009 researchers found an "ionization surprise" that defied explanation. Until that time, it had been commonly thought that the ionization of atoms by strong laser fields was well-understood, but ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin's School of Engineering have built a powerful new machine that lets us watch precisely what happens when tiny particles—far smaller than a grain of sand—hit a ...

Little is known about the heaviest, radioactive elements in Mendeleev's table. But an extremely sensitive technique involving laser light and gas jets makes it possible for the very first time to gain ...

My primary research interest is in plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA), which lies at the intersection of plasma physics, laser physics, and particle beam physics. PWFA is an advanced method of ...

Frontiers in Nuclear and Particle Physics is a book series that brings together scholarly reviews on the physics of nuclear particles and associated theories. The scope of the series includes both ...

In a peer-reviewed study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), physicists at Emory University have built a custom artificial intelligence system that did more than ...