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Radiation from a Large Electron Wavepacket
When an electron is born through ionization in a strong laser field, the wavepacket can be very large. As this large wavepacket continues to experience the laser field, different parts of the packet are accelerated in different directions. How will such a system radiate light? Contradicting predictions have been published in the literature, and Professors Justin Peatross and Michael Ware are looking to solve the issue with theory and experiment.

Department News for Thursday February 9th, 2012

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Upcoming Colloquia

Marshall Hart to speak at Wednesday's colloquium

Marshall Hart will give a talk titled "Physicists in Industry" on Wednesday, February, 15. The colloquium will begin at 4:00 PM in C215 ESC. [Read More]

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Enceladus Backlit by Saturn

This moon is shining by the light of its planet. Specifically, a large portion of Enceladus pictured above is illuminated primarily by sunlight first reflected from the planet Saturn. The result is that the normally snow-white moon appears in the gold color of Saturn's cloud tops. [Read More]

The Astronomy Picture of the Day is a NASA web site that features a new image or photograph of the universe each day.

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