Gravitational waves are energy-carrying waves produced by the acceleration or disturbance of massive objects. These waves, ...

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2020 -- The subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, chirped pulse amplification is a technique that increases the strength of laser pulses in many of today's highest-powered ...

The exchange of energy between plasmas in astrophysical objects and magnetic fields produces some of the most extreme particle acceleration phenomena in the universe, such as black holes and neutron ...

Schematics of the all-optical nonlinear Compton scattering experiment showing laser-driven electron acceleration, electron-laser collision, and Compton scattering to produce gamma rays. In a ...

About the book: The past decade has seen unprecedented developments in the understanding of relativistic fluid dynamics in and out of equilibrium, with connections to astrophysics, cosmology, string ...

Scientists in South Korea have achieved a major milestone in physics – and one pursued by researchers in the field for decades – by generating a record-breaking ultra-high intensity laser. The pulse ...