Program ver.2

Day 1

July 10 (Mon)

9:00

10:00

Reception [Lobby]
Conference Desk

10:00

10:30

OPENING WELCOME: M. Kando, Fujihara Foundation (Shinichi Sato), Makoto Kobayashi

10:30

11:00

Group Photo (Entrance)

Session 1 Chair: K. Homma [Event Hall]
11:00

11:30

10-1 (Invited) Felix Karbstein, Helmholtz Institute Jena
Direct accessibility of the fundamental constants governing light-by-light scattering

11:30

12:00

10-2 (Invited) Toshio Namba, ICEPP, the University of Tokyo
Search for the vacuum diffraction using an x-ray free electron laser and a high-power laser12:00

12:20

10-3 Keita Seto, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Monte Carlo method for nonlinear Compton scattering in high-intensity laser pulse

12:20

13:20

Lunch (provided) [Event Hall]

Session 2 Chair: K. Homma [Event Hall]
13:20

13:50

10-4 (Invited) Stefan Ataman, ELI-NP
Detection schemes for vacuum birefringence with a case study for PW-class lasers and opticalprobes

13:50

14:20

10-5 (Invited) Ben King, University of Plymouth
Photon scattering in strong fields

14:20

14:50

10-6 (Invited) Wei-Min Wang, Renmin University of China
Dense polarized positrons and electrons generation from laser-solid interactions investigated
via polarized QED-PIC simulations

14:50

15:30

Coffee break

Session 3 Chair S. S. Bulanov [Event Hall]
15:30

16:00

10-7 (Invited) Daniel Seipt, Helmholtz Institute Jena
Kinetic theory for spin-polarized relativistic plasmas

16:00

16:20

10-8 Martin Jirka, ELI-Beamlines
Reaching high laser intensity and photon emission in a laser-particle collision

16:20

16:40

10-9 Tsuneto Kanai, Kyoto University
Development of a 4-micron KTA Optical Parametric Amplifier for studies of particle physics inthe time domain

16:40

17:10

10-10 (Invited) Tom Blackburn, University of Gothenburg
Strong-field QED in the transition regime

17:10

17:30

10-11 Petr Valenta, ELI Beamlines
On the laser-driven relativistic flying parabolic plasma mirrors

18:00

20:30

Poster session and buffet (provided) [Lobby]

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Day 2

July 11 (Tue)
Session 4 Chair: J. Koga [Event Hall]

9:00

9:30

11-1 (Invited) Stepan S. Bulanov, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Strong Field QED studies at PW-class laser and advanced accelerator linear collider facilities9:30

10:00

11-2 (Invited) Alexey V. Arefiev, UC San Diego
Acceleration of positrons generated via photon-photon collisions in dense laser-irradiatedplasmas

10:00

10:20

11-3 Kaoru Sugimoto, ILE, Osaka University
Positron generation and acceleration in a self-organized photon collider driven by relativistic
laser-plasma interaction

10:20

11:00

Coffee break

Session 5 Chair: J. Koga [Event Hall]
11:00

11:30

11-4 (Invited) Antonino Di Piazza, University of Rochester
Flying focus beams as a tool to investigate strong-field physics

11:30

12:00

11-5 (Invited) Sergei V. Bulanov, ELI-Beamlines
On the electromagnetic wave interaction with subluminal, luminal, and superluminal mirrors

12:00

12:30

11-6 (Invited) Matthias Marklund, University of Gothenburg
Towards critical and supercritical electromagnetic fields

12:30

13:00

11-7 (Invited) Hidetoshi Taya, RIKEN
Strong-field physics in heavy-ion collisions

13:00

14:00

Lunch (provided)/ WPI Vortex Meeting I

Session 6 Chair: M. Kando [Event Hall]
14:00

14:20

11-8 Masakatsu Murakami, ILE, Osaka University
Microcavity implosions for the generation of extreme electric fields and ultrahigh magnetic
fields

14:20

14:40

11-9 Kentaro Sakai, Osaka University
Plasma structure and magnetic field measurements with scattered intense laser beam

14:40

15:00

11-10 Gabriele Grittani, ELI-Beamlines
ELI-ELBA laser electron collider: commissioning results and opportunities for users

15:00

15:40

Coffee break

Session 7 Chair: S. V. Bulanov [Event Hall]
15:40

16:10

11-11 (Invited) Petr Ghenuchi, ELI-NP
Commissioning experiments at ELI-NP

16:10

16:30

11-12 Yanjun Gu, Osaka University
Positron beam generation and acceleration via magnetic reconnection

16:30

16:50

11-13 (Invited) Alec G. R. Thomas, University of Michigan
Modeling of strong field QED experiments

16:50

17:10

11-14 Takehito Hayakawa, KPSI, QST
Mystery of a nuclear cosmochronometer 176Lu and the early solar system formation

18:00

20:00

Banquet (provided) [Room Altair, 1F, Grand Nikko Awaji]
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Day 3

July 12 (Wed)Session 8 Chair: A. Arefiev [Event Hall]

9:00

9:20

12-1 Yasuhiro Kuramitsu, Osaka University
Exploring energy frontier in laser-driven ion acceleration with large- area suspended graphenewith the aid of machine learning

9:20

9:50

12-2 (Invited) Marija Vranic, Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon
Direct laser acceleration of leptons: challenges and opportunities

9:50

10:20

12-3 (Invited) Joel Magnusson, University of Gothenburg
Effect of electron-beam energy chirp on signatures of radiation reaction in laser-based
experiments

10:20

11:00

Coffee break

Session 9 Chair: A. Arefiev [Event Hall]
11:00

11:20

12-4 Tomoyuki Maruyama, Nihon University
Photon Vortex Production from Synchrotron Radiation in Relativistic Quantum Approach

11:20

11:40

12-5 Alexander Pirozhkov, KPSI, QST
Bright gamma ray generation with the J-KAREN-P laser

11:40

12:10

12-6 (Invited) Matteo Tamburini, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Interparticle Fields Amplified Radiation Reaction

12:10

12:30

Short break

12:30

17:00

Social Event: “Uzushio Cruise” / Lunch (provided)
Observe the biggest whirlpools (or vortex) in the world

Special Session Chiar: M. Kando [Event Hall]
17:00

17:50

12-7 (Special lecture) Teruaki Enoto, Kyoto University
High-energy atmospheric physics of lightning and thunderstorms

17:50

18:30

Free Discussion
Dinner (not provided)

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Day 4July 13 (Thu)
Session 10 Chair: A. Di Piazza [Event Hall]

9:00

9:30

13-1 (Invited) Kensuke Homma, Hiroshima University
Probing cosmological dark components with multi-wavelengths high-intensity coherent photons

9:30

9:50

13-2 James K. Koga, KPSI, QST
Higher Order Delbrück Scattering in the Search for New Particles

9:50

10:20

13-3 (Invited) Calin Ioan Hojbota, Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS)
Insights from nonlinear Compton scattering experiments performed with a 4 PW laser

10:20

10:40

13-4 Takumi Hasada, Hiroshima University
Search for axion-like particles near 1.5 eV mass by a three-beam stimulated resonant photon
collider with short pulse lasers

10:40

11:00

13-5 Shuta J. Tanaka, Aoyama Gakuin University
Proof-of-principle experiment of induced Compton scattering: a laser-plasma interaction
around extreme astrophysical objects

11:00

11:30

CLOSING James Koga
Lunch (not provided)

12:30

13:30

WPI "Vortex" meeting II (participation is optional) [Event Hall]

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