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Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute

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Vol. 50, No. 6, 2023

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International Exawatt Center for Extreme Light Studies (XCELS): Laser System and Experiment Program

I. Yu. Kostyukov, E. A. Khazanov, A. A. Shaikin, A. G. Litvak and A. M. Sergeev p. S635  abstract

QED Processes in Strong Laser Field

Calculation and Analysis of the Vacuum Polarization Signal in a Three-Beam Setup

A. V. Berezin and A. M. Fedotov p. S641  abstract

Vacuum Breakdown in Multibeam Configuration of a Magnetic Dipole Wave

A. A. Muraviev, A. V. Bashinov, E. S. Efimenko, E. A. Panova, V. D. Volokitin, I. B. Meyerov, A. V. Kim and A. M. Sergeev p. S652  abstract

Possibility of Observing Radiation Effects in the Interaction of Ultrahigh-Power Laser Radiation of a Magnetic Dipole Configuration with Plasma

A. V. Bashinov, E. S. Efimenko, A. A. Muraviev, V. D. Volokitin, E. A. Panova, I. B. Meyerov, A. M. Sergeev and A. V. Kim p. S660  abstract

The Source of Gamma Photons in Multipetawatt Multibeam Systems of Electric Dipole Configuration

E. S. Efimenko, A. V. Bashinov, A. A. Muraviev, E. A. Panova, V. D. Volokitin, I. B. Meyerov, A. V. Kim and A. M. Sergeev p. S671  abstract

Formation of Beams of Charged Particles in Multibeam Systems of an Electric Dipole Configuration at a Multipetawatt Power Level

E. S. Efimenko, A. V. Bashinov, A. A. Muraviev, E. A. Panova, V. D. Volokitin, I. B. Meyerov, A. V. Kim and A. M. Sergeev p. S680  abstract

The Effect of Pulse Phases on the Development of Electromagnetic Cascades in the Field Configuration Proposed for the XCELS Facility

E. N. Nerush, R. R. Iligenov and I. Yu. Kostyukov p. S689  abstract

Generation of Electron–Positron Pairs upon Grazing Incidence of a Laser Pulse on a Foil

A. S. Samsonov, I. Yu. Kostyukov, M. Filipovic and A. M. Pukhov p. S693  abstract

The Inverse Faraday Effect Induced by Radiation Friction during Irradiation of Dense Plasma with Crossed Multipetawatt Laser Beams

T. V. Liseykina, E. E. Peganov and S. V. Popruzhenko p. S700  abstract

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Particle Acceleration

Electron Acceleration in the Relativistic Self-Trapping Regime of Extreme Light

V. Yu. Bychenkov and M. G. Lobok p. S706  abstract

Laser Wakefield Acceleration in a Plasma Channel

M. S. Dorozhkina, K. V. Baluev, D. D. Kutergin, I. K. Lotov, V. A. Minakov, R. I. Spitsyn, P. V. Tuev and K. V. Lotov p. S715  abstract

Multistage Laser-Plasma Acceleration of Ultrashort Electron and Positron Bunches

M. E. Veisman, I. R. Umarov, D. V. Pugacheva and N. E. Andreev p. S724  abstract

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