Speaker
Dr
Maxim Lyutikov
(Purdue University)
Description
The physics of ultra-strong laser-matter interaction became a forefront research topic in relativistic plasma astrophysics, initiated by the meteoritic developments over the last years in the field of mysterious Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The plasma physics challenges are enormous: how to produce and propagate ultra-intense millisecond-long radio bursts from∼halfway across the visible Universe. This new plasma regime - pair plasma in a strong magnetic field, subject to ultra-intense electromagnetic radiation - is different in many respects from the more familiar laboratory and space plasma physics.
Author
Dr
Maxim Lyutikov
(Purdue University)
