Personal Data
Antonino Di Piazza (Guest)address | Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester 500 Wilson Boulevard Rochester, NY 14627 United States |
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a.dipiazza(at)rochester.edu | |
phone | + 1 (585) 275 4380 |
fax | + 1 (585) 273 3237 |
office | 356 Bausch & Lomb Hall |
research group | High-Energy Quantum Electrodynamics |
external links | Homepage at the Departmenf of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Rochester |
Education History
- 2014: Italian habilitation for full Professorship in Theoretical Physics of Fundamental Interactions.
- 2011: German habilitation and venia legendi at the Physikalisches Institut Heidelberg.
- 2001-2004: PhD in Theoretical Physics at the Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica dell'Università degli Studi di Trieste. Final thesis: "Particle production in a strong, slowly-varying magnetic field with an application to astrophysics".
- 1993-2000: Graduation in Theoretical Physics at the Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche ed Astronomiche dell'Università degli Studi di Palermo (110/110 cum laude). Final thesis: "High-order harmonic generation: analytic study of the two-level system and comparison with a system with two bound levels and an infinite number of free levels".
- 1988-1993: Diploma at the Liceo Classico Statale G. Garibaldi, Partinico (Palermo, Italy).
Employment History
- 2023-Present: Professor of Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Rochester and Distinguished Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE).
- 2023-Present: Guest at the Theory division of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik.
- 2009-2023: Group leader at the Theory division of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik.
- 2012-2015: Coordinator of the IMPRS for Quantum Dynamics.
- 2004-2008: Post-doc at the Theory division of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik.
Research Interests
- Graduation
- Non-relativistic atomic physics in strong laser fields
- Analytical and numerical investigation of emission spectra by model atoms (two-level atoms and atoms with a finite number of bound states and free states)
- PhD
- Quantum electrodynamics in the presence of strong magnetic fields
- Quantum electrodynamics in curved spacetimes
- Production of particles in strong slowly-varying magnetic and gravitational fields
- Application to a possible microscopic model of Gamma-Ray-Bursts
- Present research interests
- Quantum electrodynamics in the presence of strong laser fields
- Quantum electrodynamics at finite temperature
- Properties of the quantum vacuum
- Classical and quantum radiation reaction
Lectures and Tutorials
Present Lecture at the University of Rochester
Course on "Quantum Mechanics II" (PHYS 408)
- Lecture
- Time: Monday and Wednesday at 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
- Place: 116 Wilmot Room
- First class: January 22, 2025
- Prerequisites: Analytical mechanics, classical electromagnetism, special relativity, and non-relativistic quantum mechanics
- Contents:
- Scattering theory
- Time-dependent perturbation theory
- Systems of identical particles
- Classical field theory
- Invariance and conservation theorems
- Quantization of free fields
- The Klein-Gordon equation and the scalar field
- The Dirac equation and the spinor (electron-positron) field
- Maxwell's equations and the fourvector (photon) field
- Interaction among electrons, positrons, and photons.
- Textbooks:
- C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, and F. Laloë, Quantum Mechanics Vol. 2 (Wiley, 2020)
- A. Messiah, Quantum Mechanics (Dover, 2014)
- F. Mandl and G. Shaw, Quantum Field Theory (Wiley, 2010)
- Additional books:
- L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Quantum Mechanics (Pergamon Press, 1977)
- S. S. Schweber, An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Field
- Theory (Dover Publications, 1989)
Past Lectures/Tutorials at the University of Rochester
- Spring Semester 2024: Lecture on "Quantum Mechanics II" (PHYS 408)
Past Lectures/Tutorials at the Heidelberg University
- WS2022/2023: Lecture on "Advanced Topics in Quantum Electrodynamics"
- SS2022: Lecture on "Quantum Electrodynamics"
- WS2021/2022: Head tutor of the course on "Quantum Field Theory I"
(Lecturer: Prof. Dr. A. Hebecker) - SS2021: Lecture on "Advanced Topics in Quantum Electrodynamics"
- WS2020/2021: Lecture on "Quantum Electrodynamics"
- SS2020: Head tutor for the course "Advanced Quantum Field Theory (QFTII)" (Lecturers: Prof. Dr. J. Jäckel and Prof. Dr. J. M. Pawlowski)
- WS2019/2020: Tutorial for the course "Quantum Field Theory I" (Lecturers: Prof. Dr. J. Jäckel and Prof. Dr. J. M. Pawlowski)
- SS2019: Lecture on "Advanced Quantum Theory"
- WS2018/2019: Tutorial for "Quantum Field Theory I" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. C. Wetterich and PD Dr. S. Flörchinger)
- SS2018: Coordination of the tutorials of the course on "Advanced Quantum Field Theory (QFTII)" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. J. Berges)
- WS2017/2018: Tutorial for "Quantum Field Theory I" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. J. Berges)
- SS2017: Lecture on "Quantum Electrodynamics"
- WS2016/2017: Tutorial for "Theoretical Statistical Physics" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. M. Salmhofer)
- SS2016: Lecture on "Quantum Electrodynamics: Basic foundations and modern issues in the presence of intense background electromagnetic fields" at the 36th Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days
- WS2015/2016: Tutorial for "Theoretical Physics I" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. M. Bartelmann)
- SS2015: Lecture on "Quantum Electrodynamics"
- WS2014/2015: Tutorial for "Experimental Physics III" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. S. Jochim)
- SS2014: Lecture on "Advanced Quantum Theory" (with Honorarprof. Dr. C. H. Keitel and Dr. H. Bauke)
- WS2013/2014: Tutorial for "Advanced Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. M. Weidemüller)
- SS2013: Lecture on "Quantum Electrodynamics"
- WS2012/2013: Tutorial for "Experimental Physics III" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. K. Meier)
- SS2012: Lecture on "Quantum Electrodynamics"
- WS2011/2012: Lecture on "Renormalization theory in Quantum Electrodynamics"
- SS2011: Tutorial for "Experimental Physics II" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. K. Meier)
- WS2010/2011: Tutorial for "Experimental Physics I" (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. K. Meier)
- SS2010: Lecture on "Quantum Electrodynamics"
- WS2009/2010: Lecture on "The quantum vacuum" (with Honorarprof. Dr. C. H. Keitel)
Publications
Submitted Manuscripts
- M. J. Quin, A. Di Piazza, C. H. Keitel, M. Tamburini, Broadband coherent XUV light from e−/e+ microbunching in an intense laser pulse, arXiv:2411.17631.
- A. Di Piazza, M. Formanek, D. Ramsey, and J. P. Palastro, Radiation by a laser-driven flying-focus electron wave packet, arXiv:2409.15025.
- M. J. Quin, A. Di Piazza, C. H. Keitel, M. Tamburini, Interparticle-fields amplified radiation reaction, arXiv:2306.17832.
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
- J. P. Palastro, D. Ramsey, M. Formanek, J. Vieira, and A. Di Piazza, Superluminal matter waves, Phys. Rev. Research 6, 043075 (2024).
- T. D. C. de Vos, J. J. Postema, B. H. Schaap, A. Di Piazza, and O. J. Luiten, Production of entangled x rays through nonlinear double Compton scattering, Phys. Rev. A 110, 043702 (2024).
- G. Audagnotto and A. Di Piazza, Dynamics, quantum states and Compton scattering in nonlinear gravitational waves, J. High Energy Phys. 2024, 23 (2024).
- M. Formanek, J. P. Palastro, D. Ramsey, S. Weber, and A. Di Piazza, Signatures of vacuum birefringence in low-power flying focus pulses, Phys. Rev. D 109, 056009 (2024).
- D. Karlovets and A. Di Piazza, Emission of twisted photons by a scalar charge in a strong magnetic field, Phys. Rev. D 108, 063007 (2023).
- Y.-F. Li, Y.-Y. Chen, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, A. Di Piazza, M. Tamburini, and C. H. Keitel, Strong signature of one-loop self-energy in polarization resolved nonlinear Compton scattering, Phys. Rev. D 107, 116020 (2023).
- M. Formanek, J. P. Palastro, M. Vranic, D. Ramsey, and A. Di Piazza, Charged particle beam transport in a flying focus pulse with orbital angular momentum, Phys. Rev. E 107, 055213 (2023).
- D. Ramsey, A. Di Piazza, M. Formanek, P. Franke, D. H. Froula, B. Malaca, W. B. Mori, J. R. Pierce, T. T. Simpson, J. Vieira, M. Vranic, K. Weichman, and J. P. Palastro, Exact solutions for the electromagnetic fields of a flying focus, Phys. Rev. A 107, 013513 (2023) (Editors' suggestion).
- A. Hosak and A. Di Piazza, Approximated analytical solution of the Landau–Lifshitz equation in tightly focused laser beams in the ultrarelativistic limit, Eur. Phys. J. D 76, 200 (2022).
- G. Audagnotto, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, Proportionality of gravitational and electromagnetic radiation by an electron in an intense plane wave, Phys. Rev. D 106, 076009 (2022).
- T. Podszus, V. Dinu, and A. Di Piazza, Nonlinear Compton scattering and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production including the damping of particle states, Phys. Rev. D 106, 056014 (2022).
- A. Di Piazza and F. P. Fronimos, Quasiclassical representation of the Volkov propagator and the tadpole diagram in a plane wave, Phys. Rev. D 105, 116019 (2022).
- I. A. Aleksandrov, A. Di Piazza, G. Plunien, and V. M. Shabaev, Stimulated vacuum emission and photon absorption in strong electromagnetic fields, Phys. Rev. D 105, 116005 (2022).
- D. Ramsey, B. Malaca, A. Di Piazza, M. Formanek, P. Franke, D. H. Froula, M. Pardal, T. T. Simpson, J. Vieira, K. Weichman, J. P. Palastro, Nonlinear Thomson scattering with ponderomotive control, Phys. Rev. E 105, 065201 (2022).
- M. Formanek, D. Ramsey, J. P. Palastro, and A. Di Piazza, Radiation reaction enhancement in flying focus pulses, Phys. Rev. A 105, L020203 (2022).
- F. C. Salgado, N. Cavanagh, M. Tamburini, D. W. Storey, R. Beyer, P. H. Bucksbaum, Z. Chen, A. Di Piazza, E. Gerstmayr, Harsh, E. Isele, A. R. Junghans, C. H. Keitel, S. Kuschel, C. F. Nielsen, D. A. Reis, C. Roedel, G. Sarri, A. Seidel, C. Schneider, U. I. Uggerhøj, J. Wulff, V. Yakimenko, C. Zepter, S. Meuren, M. Zepf, Single particle detection system for strong-field QED experiments, New J. Phys. 24, 015002 (2022).
- A. Di Piazza and T. Patuleanu, Electron mass shift in an intense plane wave, Phys. Rev. D 104, 076003 (2021).
- G. Fauth, J. Berges, and A. Di Piazza, Collisional strong-field QED kinetic equations from first principles, Phys. Rev. D 104, 036007 (2021).
- A. Mercuri-Baron, M. Grech, F. Niel, A. Grassi, M. Lobet, A. Di Piazza, and C. Riconda, Impact of the laser spatio-temporal shape on Breit-Wheeler pair production, New J. Phys. 23, 085006 (2021).
- T. Podszus and A. Di Piazza, First-order strong-field QED processes including the damping of particles states, Phys. Rev. D 104, 016014 (2021).
- A. Di Piazza and G. Audagnotto, Analytical spectrum of nonlinear Thomson scattering including radiation reaction, Phys. Rev. D 104, 016007 (2021).
- T. N. Wistisen, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, Transmutation of protons in a strong electromagnetic field, New J. Phys. 23, 065007 (2021).
- A. Di Piazza, WKB electron wave functions in a tightly focused laser beam, Phys. Rev. D 103, 076011 (2021).
- A. Di Piazza, Unveiling the transverse formation length of nonlinear Compton scattering, Phys. Rev. A 103, 012215 (2021).
- S. Bragin and A. Di Piazza, Electron-positron annihilation into two photons in an intense plane-wave field, Phys. Rev. D 102, 116012 (2020).
- A. Di Piazza and M. A. Lopez-Lopez, One-loop vertex correction in a plane wave, Phys. Rev. D 102, 076018 (2020).
- A. Di Piazza, T. N. Wistisen, M. Tamburini, and U. I. Uggerhøj, Testing strong-field QED close to the fully non-perturbative regime using aligned crystals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 044801 (2020).
- T. N. Wistisen and A. Di Piazza, Numerical approach to the semiclassical method of radiation emission for arbitrary electron spin and photon polarization, Phys. Rev. D 100, 116001 (2019).
- T. N. Wistisen, A. Di Piazza, C. F. Nielsen, A. H. Sørensen, and U. I. Uggerhøj, Quantum radiation reaction in aligned crystals beyond the local constant field approximation, Phys. Rev. Research 1, 033014 (2019).
- P. A. Krachkov, A. Di Piazza, and A. I. Milstein, High-energy bremsstrahlung on atoms in a laser field, Phys. Lett. B 797, 134814 (2019).
- T. N. Wistisen and A. Di Piazza, Complete treatment of single-photon emission in planar channeling, Phys. Rev. D 99, 116010 (2019).
- T. Podszus and A. Di Piazza, High-energy behavior of strong-field QED in an intense plane wave, Phys. Rev. D 99, 076004 (2019).
- A. Di Piazza, M. Tamburini, S. Meuren, and C. H. Keitel, Improved local-constant-field approximation for strong-field QED codes, Phys. Rev. A 99, 022125 (2019).
- A. Angioi and A. Di Piazza, On quantum electrodynamic processes in plasmas interacting with strong lasers, Rend. Lincei-Sci. Fis., 1 (2019) (peer-reviewed conference proceedings).
- F. Mackenroth and A. Di Piazza, Nonlinear trident pair production in an arbitrary plane wave: a focus on the properties of the transition amplitude, Phys. Rev. D 98, 116002 (2018).
- T. N. Wistisen and A. Di Piazza, Impact of the quantized transverse motion on radiation emission in a Dirac harmonic oscillator, Phys. Rev. A 98, 022131 (2018).
- A. Di Piazza, M. Tamburini, S. Meuren, and C. H. Keitel, Implementing nonlinear Compton scattering beyond the local-constant-field approximation, Phys. Rev. A 98, 012134 (2018).
- K. Poder, M. Tamburini, G. Sarri, A. Di Piazza, S. Kuschel, C. D. Baird, K. Behm, S. Bohlen, J. M. Cole, D. J. Corvan, M. Duff, E. Gerstmayr, C. H. Keitel, K. Krushelnick, S. P. D. Mangles, P. McKenna, C. D. Murphy, Z. Najmudin, C. P. Ridgers, G. M. Samarin, D. R. Symes, A. G. R. Thomas, J. Warwick, and M. Zepf, Experimental signatures of the quantum nature of radiation reaction in the field of an ultraintense laser, Phys. Rev. X 8, 031004 (2018).
- A. Angioi and A. Di Piazza, Quantum limitation to the coherent emission of accelerated charges, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 010402 (2018).
- A. Di Piazza, Analytical infrared limit of nonlinear Thomson scattering including radiation reaction, Phys. Lett. B 782, 559 (2018).
- A. Di Piazza, Completeness and orthonormality of the Volkov states and the Volkov propagator in configuration space, Phys. Rev. D 97, 056028 (2018).
- T. N. Wistisen, A. Di Piazza, H. V. Knudsen, and U. I. Uggerhøj, Experimental evidence of quantum radiation reaction in aligned crystals, Nat. Commun. 9, 795 (2018).
- S. Bragin, S. Meuren, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, High-energy vacuum birefringence and dichroism in an ultrastrong laser field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 250403 (2017).
- M. Tamburini, A. Di Piazza, and C. H. Keitel, Laser-pulse-shape control of seeded QED cascades, Sci. Rep. 7, 5694 (2017).
- A. Di Piazza, First-order strong-field QED processes in a tightly focused laser beam, Phys. Rev. A 95, 032121 (2017).
- A. Di Piazza, T. N. Wistisen, and U. I. Uggerhøj, Investigation of classical radiation reaction with aligned crystals, Phys. Lett. B 765, 1 (2017).
- A. Di Piazza, Nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production in a tightly focused laser beam, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 213201 (2016).
- A. Angioi, F. Mackenroth, and A. Di Piazza, Nonlinear single Compton scattering of an electron wave packet, Phys. Rev. A 93, 052102 (2016) (Editors' Suggestion).
- S. Meuren, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, Semiclassical picture for electron-positron photoproduction in strong laser fields, Phys. Rev. D 93, 085028 (2016).
- S. Meuren, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, Nonlinear neutrino-photon interactions inside strong laser pulses, J. High Energy Phys. 2015, 127 (2015).
- G. Sarri, M. E. Dieckmann, I. Kourakis, A. Di Piazza, B. Reville, C. H. Keitel, and M. Zepf, Overview of laser-driven generation of electron-positron beams, J. Plasma Phys. 81, 455810401 (2015).
- G. Sarri, K. Poder, J. M. Cole, W. Schumaker, A. Di Piazza, B. Reville, T. Dzelzainis, D. Doria, L. A. Gizzi, G. Grittani, S. Kar, C. H. Keitel, K. Krushelnick, S. Kuschel, S. P. D. Mangles, Z. Najmudin, N. Shukla, L. O. Silva, D. Symes, A. G. R. Thomas, M. Vargas, J. Vieira, and M. Zepf, Generation of neutral and high-density electron-positron pair plasmas in the laboratory, Nat. Commun. 6, 6747 (2015).
- A. Di Piazza, Analytical tools for investigating strong-field QED processes in tightly focused laser fields, Phys. Rev. A 91, 042118 (2015).
- S. Meuren, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, High-energy recollision processes of laser-generated electron-positron pairs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 140201 (2015).
- S. Meuren, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, Polarization-operator approach to pair creation in short laser pulses, Phys. Rev. D 91, 013009 (2015).
- G. Sarri, D. J. Corvan, W. Schumaker, J. M. Cole, A. Di Piazza, H. Ahmed, C. Harvey, C. H. Keitel, K. Krushelnick, S. P. D. Mangles, Z. Najmudin, D. Symes, A. G. R. Thomas, M. Yeung, Z. Zhao, and M. Zepf, Ultrahigh brilliance multi-MeV γ-ray beams from nonlinear relativistic Thomson scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 224801 (2014).
- N. Neitz and A. Di Piazza, Electron-beam dynamics in a strong laser field including quantum radiation reaction, Phys. Rev. A 90, 022102 (2014).
- A. Di Piazza, Ultrarelativistic electron states in a general background electromagnetic field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 040402 (2014).
- M. Tamburini, A. Di Piazza, T. V. Liseykina, and C. H. Keitel, Plasma-based generation and control of a single few-cycle high-energy ultrahigh-intensity laser pulse, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 025005 (2014).
- A. Di Piazza and A. I. Milstein, Ultrarelativistic quasiclassical wave functions in strong laser and atomic fields, Phys. Rev. A 89, 062114 (2014).
- B. King and A. Di Piazza, Investigating the QED vacuum with ultra-intense laser fields, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 223, 1063 (2014) (peer-reviewed conference proceedings).
- N. Neitz, N. Kumar, F. Mackenroth, K. Z Hatsagortsyan, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, Novel aspects of radiation reaction in the classical and the quantum regime, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 497, 012015 (2014) (peer-reviewed conference proceedings).
- M. Tamburini, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, Electron dynamics controlled via self-interaction, Phys. Rev. E 89, 021201(R) (2014).
- F. Mackenroth, N. Neitz, and A Di Piazza, Novel aspects of radiation reaction in the ultrarelativistic quantum regime, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 55, 124018 (2013). See also the LabTalk.
- S. Villalba-Chávez and A. Di Piazza, Axion-induced birefringence effects in laser driven nonlinear vacuum interaction, J. High Energy Phys. 11, 136 (2013).
- A. Di Piazza, On refractive processes in strong laser field quantum electrodynamics, Ann. Phys. 338, 302 (2013).
- N. Neitz and A. Di Piazza, Stochasticity effects in quantum radiation reaction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 054802 (2013).
- S. Meuren, C. H. Keitel, and A. Di Piazza, Polarization operator for plane-wave background fields, Phys. Rev. D 88, 013007 (2013).
- G. Sarri, W. Schumaker, A. Di Piazza, M. Vargas, B. Dromey, M. E. Dieckmann, V. Chvykov, A. Maksimchuk, V. Yanovsky, Z. H. He, B. X. Hou, J. A. Nees, A. G. R. Thomas, C. H. Keitel, M. Zepf, and K. Krushelnick, Table-top laser-based source of femtosecond, collimated, ultrarelativistic positron beams, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 255002 (2013). Latest Choice in New Scientist, News in Physics World.
- F. Mackenroth and A. Di Piazza, Nonlinear double Compton scattering in the ultrarelativistic quantum regime, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 070402 (2013).
- B. King, H. Gies, and A. Di Piazza, Pair production in a plane wave by thermal background photons, Phys. Rev. D 86, 125007 (2012).
- A. Di Piazza and A. I. Milstein, Quasiclassical approach to high-energy QED processes in strong laser and atomic fields, Phys. Lett. B 717, 224 (2012).
- A. Di Piazza, C. Müller, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Extremely high-intensity laser interactions with fundamental quantum systems, Rev. Mod. Phys. 84, 1177 (2012).
- O. Har-Shemesh and A. Di Piazza, Peak intensity measurement of relativistic lasers via nonlinear Thomson scattering, Opt. Lett. 37, 1352 (2012).
- A. Di Piazza and A. I. Milstein, Angular distribution of high-energy e+e- photoproduction close to the end of spectrum at large momentum transfer, Phys. Rev. A 85, 042107 (2012).
- S. Meuren and A. Di Piazza, Quantum electron self-interaction in a strong laser field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 260401 (2011).
- M. Tamburini, F. Pegoraro, A. Di Piazza, C. H. Keitel, T. V. Liseykina, and A. Macchi, Radiation reaction effects on electron nonlinear dynamics and ion acceleration in laser-solid interaction, Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. 653, 181 (2011) (conference proceedings).
- F. Mackenroth and A. Di Piazza, Nonlinear Compton scattering in ultrashort laser pulses, Phys. Rev. A 83, 032106 (2011).
- A. Di Piazza, A. I. Milstein, and C. Müller, Polarization of the electron and positron produced in combined Coulomb and strong laser fields, Phys. Rev. A 82, 062110 (2010).
- M. Tamburini, F. Pegoraro, A. Di Piazza, C. H. Keitel, and A. Macchi, Radiation reaction effects on radiation pressure acceleration, New. J. Phys. 12, 123005 (2010).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan and C. H. Keitel, Quantum radiation reaction effects in multiphoton Compton scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 220403 (2010).
- A. Di Piazza and A. I. Milstein, High-energy electron-positron photoproduction cross section close to the end of the spectrum, Phys. Rev. A 82, 042106 (2010).
- B. King, A. Di Piazza and C. H. Keitel, Double-slit vacuum polarization effects in ultraintense laser fields, Phys. Rev. A 82, 032114 (2010).
- F. Mackenroth, A. Di Piazza, and C. H. Keitel, Determining the carrier-envelope phase of intense few-cycle laser pulses, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 063903 (2010).
- A. Di Piazza, E. Lötstedt, A. I. Milstein, and C. H. Keitel, Effect of a strong laser field on electron-positron photoproduction by relativistic nuclei, Phys. Rev. A 81, 062122 (2010).
- A. B. Voitkiv, B. Najjari, and A. Di Piazza, Bound-bound pair production in relativistic collisions, New J. Phys. 12, 063011 (2010).
- B. King, A. Di Piazza, and C. H. Keitel, A matterless double slit, Nature Photon. 4, 92 (2010) (Cover of the February 2010 issue of Nature Photonics, News and Views in Nature Photonics, Presseinformation by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (in German), Press release at the IDW, Pro Physik (in German)).
- A. Di Piazza, E. Lötstedt, A. I. Milstein, and C. H. Keitel, Barrier control in tunneling e+-e- photoproduction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 170403 (2009) (November 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science).
- A. Di Piazza and K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, QED vacuum effects in intense laser fields, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 175, 181 (2009) (conference proceedings).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Strong signatures of radiation reaction below the radiation-dominated regime, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 254802 (2009) (July 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Laser-photon merging in proton-laser collisions, Phys. Rev. A 78, 062109 (2008).
- A. Di Piazza and K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, Quantum interaction among intense laser beams in vacuum, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 160, 147 (2008) (conference proceedings).
- A. Di Piazza and K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, Quantum vacuum effects in strong laser beams, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 50, 124035 (2008) (conference proceedings).
- A. Ipp, A. Di Piazza, J. Evers, and C. H. Keitel, Photon polarization as a probe for quark-gluon plasma dynamics, Phys. Lett. B 666, 315 (2008).
- A. Di Piazza and A. I. Milstein, Delbrück scattering in combined Coulomb and laser fields, Phys. Rev. A 77, 042102 (2008).
- A. Di Piazza, Exact solution of the Landau-Lifshitz equation in a plane wave, Lett. Math. Phys. 83, 305 (2008).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Nonperturbative vacuum-polarization effects in proton-laser collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 010403 (2008).
- A. Di Piazza, A. I. Milstein, and C. H. Keitel, Photon splitting in a laser field, Phys. Rev. A 76, 032103 (2007).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Enhancement of vacuum polarization effects in a plasma, Phys. Plasmas 14, 032102 (2007).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Light diffraction by a strong standing electromagnetic wave, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083603 (2006).
- A. Di Piazza, Pair production in a strong rotating magnetic field: the effect of a weak background gravitational field, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 21, 251 (2006).
- A. Di Piazza and G. Calucci, Pair production in a strong time-depending magnetic field: the effect of a strong gravitational field, Astropart. Phys. 24, 520 (2006).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Harmonic generation from laser-driven vacuum, Phys. Rev. D 72, 085005 (2005).
- A. Di Piazza and G. Calucci, Production of π0 in a strong, time-dependent magnetic field, Mod. Phys. Lett. A 20, 117 (2005).
- A. Di Piazza, Pair production at the focus of two equal and oppositely directed laser beams: the effect of the pulse shape, Phys. Rev. D 70, 053013 (2004).
- A. Di Piazza, Photon emission by electrons and positrons created in a strong slowly rotating magnetic field, Eur. Phys. J. C 36, 25 (2004).
- A. Di Piazza and G. Calucci, Photon and neutrino production in a rotating strong magnetic field, Phys. Rev. D 66, 123006 (2002).
- A. Di Piazza and G. Calucci, Pair production in a rotating strong magnetic field, Phys. Rev. D 65, 125019 (2002).
- A. Di Piazza, E. Fiordilino, and M. H. Mittleman, Pulse shape control of the spectrum emitted by a two level atom, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 34, 3655 (2001).
- A. Di Piazza and E. Fiordilino, Why hyper-Raman lines are absent in high-order harmonic generation, Phys. Rev. A 64, 013802 (2001).
- A. Di Piazza, E. Fiordilino, and M. H. Mittleman, Analytical study of the spectrum emitted by a two-level atom driven by a strong laser pulse, Phys. Rev. A 64, 013414 (2001).
- P. P. Corso, A. Di Piazza, E. Fiordilino, L. Lo Cascio, and F. Persico, High order harmonic generation: the role of the acceleration matrix elements and of the bound and continuum transitions, J. Mod. Opt. 48, 1373 (2001).
- R. Daniele, F. Morales, A. Di Piazza, and E. Fiordilino, Wavelet analysis of the spectrum emitted by a one-dimensional atom driven by a strong laser pulse, Laser Phys. 11, 205 (2001).
Conference Proceedings and other Publications
- A. Di Piazza, L. Willingale, and J. D. Zuegel, Multi-Petawatt Physics Prioritization (MP3) Workshop Report, arXiv:2211.13187 (2022).
- P. A. Krachkov, A. Di Piazza, and A. I. Milstein, High-energy bremsstrahlung on atoms in a laser field, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1508 012010 (2020).
- F. Mackenroth, N. Kumar, A. Di Piazza, M. Tamburini, N. Neitz, and C. H. Keitel, Nonlinear quantum electrodynamics in ultra-high intensity laser-plasma interactions, Proc. SPIE 11039, 1103902 (2019).
- I. C. E. Turcu, F. Negoita, D. A. Jaroszynski, P. McKenna, S. Balascuta, D. Ursescu, I. Dancus, M. O. Cernaianu, M. V. Tataru, P. Ghenuche, D. Stuman, A. Boianu, M. Risca, M. Toma, C. Petcu, G. Acbas, S. R. Yoffe, A. Noble, B. Eersfeld, E. Brunetti, R. Capdessu, C. Murphy, C. P. Ridgers, D. Neely, S. P. D. Mangles, R. J. Gray, A. G. R. Thomas, J. G. Kirk, A. Ilderton, M. Marklund, D. F. Gordon, B. Hafizi, D. Kaganovich, J. P. Palastro, E. d'Humière, M. Zepf, G. Sarri, H. Gies, F. Karbstein, J. Schreiber, G. G. Paulus, B. Dromey, C. Harvey, A. Di Piazza, C. H. Keitel, M. C. Kaluza, S. Gales, and N. V. Zamfir, High-field effects and QED experiments at ELI-NP, Rom. Rep. Phys. 68, S145 (2016).
- Y. I. Salamin, J. X. Li, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, M. Tamburini, A. Di Piazza, and C. H. Keitel, Particle beams in ultrastrong laser fields: direct laser acceleration and radiation reaction effects, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 594, 012018 (2015).
- G. Sarri, D. J. Corvan, J. M. Cole, W. Schumaker, A. Di Piazza, H. Ahmed, M. Yeung, Z. Zhao, C. Harvey, C. H. Keitel, K. Krushelnick, S. P. D. Mangles, Z. Najmudin, A. G. R. Thomas, and M. Zepf, Laser-driven Thomson scattering for the generation of ultra-bright multi-MeV gamma-ray beams, Proc. SPIE 9514, 95140W (2015).
- B. Cros, B.S. Paradkar, X. Davoine, A. Chancéd, F. G. Desforges, S. Dobosz-Dufrénoy, N. Delerue, J. Ju, T. L. Audet, G. Maynard, M. Lobet, L. Gremillet, P. Mora, J. Schwindling, O. Delferrière, C. Bruni, C. Rimbault, T. Vinatier, A. Di Piazza, M. Grech, C. Riconda, J. R. Marqués, A. Beck, A. Specka, Ph. Martin, P. Monot, D. Normand, F. Mathieu, P. Audebert, and F. Amiranoff, Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A 740, 27 (2014).
- S. Meuren, O. Har-Shemesh, and A. Di Piazza, Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields, Chap. 8 in Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Volume X (Springer, Heidelberg, 2014).
- F. Mackenroth, N. Neitz, and A. Di Piazza, Novel aspects of radiation reaction in the ultrarelativistic quantum regime, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 55, 124018 (2013) (selected as LabTalk).
- B. King and A. Di Piazza, Pair production in a plane wave due to a thermal background, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 414, 012016 (2013).
- K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, A. Ipp, J. Evers, A. Di Piazza, and C. H. Keitel, Ultra-strong laser pulses: streak-camera for gamma-rays via pair production and quantum radiative reaction, Proc. SPIE 8080, 80801T (2011).
- A. Di Piazza, A. Pálffy, W.-T. Liao, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, QED and nuclear effects in strong optical and x-ray laser fields, Proc. SPIE 8075, 807505 (2011).
- A. Macchi, M. Tamburini, S. Veghini, F. Pegoraro, A. Di Piazza, and C. H. Keitel, Radiation pressure and radiation reaction effects in laser-solid interaction, Proc. SPIE 7994, 799421 (2011).
- F. Mackenroth, M. Ruf, B. King, A. Di Piazza, C. Müller, and C. H. Keitel, Strong-field QED in intense laser fields, Proc. SPIE 7994, 799422 (2011).
- C. Müller, A. Di Piazza, A. Shahbaz, T. J. Bürvenich, J. Evers, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, High-energy, nuclear and QED processes in strong laser fields, Laser Phys. 18, 175 (2008).
- G. Calucci and A. Di Piazza, Production of light particles by strong and slowly varying magnetic fields, Brazilian J. Phys. 37, 751 (2007).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, J. Evers, and C. H. Keitel, Vacuum fluctuations and nuclear quantum optics in strong laser pulses, Proc. SPIE 6603, 660305 (2007).
- A. Di Piazza, C. Müller, J. Evers, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, QED, nuclear and high-energy processes in extremely strong laser pulses, ILIAS Ion and Laser beam Interaction and Application Studies", Progress Report No. 2 of the PHELIX theory group, ed. P. Mulser, T. Schlegel, GSI Report 2007-03, February 2007, 19 (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, 2007).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Nonlinear interaction of strong laser fields in vacuum, Laser Phys. 17, 345 (2007).
- A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Harmonic generation from laser-driven vacuum, AIP Conference Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas827, 436 (2006).
- A. Di Piazza and G. Calucci, Very intense non static magnetic fields and particle production, Proceedings of the QEDSP2001 International Conference, Probl. Atom. Sci. Tech. 6, 167 (2001).
- A. Di Piazza and E. Fiordilino, Iterative solution of the electric dipole equation of a laser driven two-level atom, Proceedings of the International Conference LASER '99, Ed. V. J. Corcoran and T. A. Goldman (STS Press, McLean, VA), 29 (2000).
Conferences
- International Workshop on Fundamental research and applications with the EuPRAXIA facility at LNF, December (2024), Frascati (Italy). Invited online talk on "Overview on tests and applications of strong-field QED with multi PW lasers".
- International Conference on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers (ICUIL 2024), September 2024, Cozumel (Mexico). Plenary talk on "High-field physics at multipetawatt laser facilities and the case of NSF OPAL".
- Physics in Intense Fields (PIF24), August 2024, online conference. Invited talk on "Flying-focus beams as a tool for strong-field QED and the multipetawatt laser facility NSF OPAL".
- 50th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, July 2024, Salamanca (Spain). Invited talk on "Coherence effects in the collision of high-energy electron-positron bunches with an intense laser field".
- Workshop on "New opportunities and challenges in nuclear physics with high power lasers", July 2024, Trento (Italy). Invited talk on "Flying-focus beams as a tool for strong-field QED".
- Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP) Annual Meeting, May 2024, Rochester (United States). Invited talk on "Possible ultra-high pressure effects in strong-field QED with aligned crystals".
- ECLIPSE Meeting 2024, April 2024, Rochester, New York (USA). Invited talk on "NSF OPAL: A design project to explore physics under extreme conditions".
- Workshop on "Scientific opportunities with APOLLON facilities: from fundamental physics to societal applications", November 2023, Paris (France). Invited talk on "Overview on tests and applications of strong-field QED with multi PW lasers".
- International Symposium on the Celebration of 10 Years with ELI-NP, October 2023, Magurele (Romania). Invited talk on "Flying-focus beams as a tool for strong-field QED".
- SRitp workshop: LUXE physics and SFQED, September 2023, Rehovot (Israel). Invited talk on "Flying focus beams as a tool to investigate strong-field physics and on the role of interparticle fields in radiation".
- The 79th Fujihara Seminar: Prospects for High Field Science, July 2023, Awajishima (Japan). Invited talk on "Flying focus beams as a tool to investigate strong-field physics".
- Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP) Annual Meeting, May 2023, Rochester (United States). Invited talk on "The fully non-perturbative regime of strong-field QED".
- ELI User Meeting, November 2022, Prague (Czech Republic). Invited talk on "Strong-field QED physics at ELBA".
- International Conference on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers (ICUIL 2022), September 2022, Jeju island (South Korea). Invited online talk on "Strong-field QED in the presence of tightly focused intense laser fields".
- Physics in Intense Fields (PIF22), August-September 2022, online conference. Invited talk on "Nonlinear Compton scattering and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production including the damping of particle states".
- International Conference on Ultrafast Optical Science, October 2022, Moscow (Russia). Plenary talk. I declined the invitation due to the ongoing Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.
- International Conference Laser Optics (ICLO 2022), June 2022, St. Petersburg (Russia). Invited talk. I declined the invitation due to the ongoing Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.
- International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'21), July 2021, Lyon (France). Invited online talk on "WKB electron wave functions in a tightly Focused laser beam".
- Workshop on "The Schwinger Effect and Strong-Field Physics", January 2021, Kyoto (Japan). Invited online review talks on "QED in intense background fields: Foundations" and on "QED in intense background fields: Modern applications".
- International seminar on "Classical and quantum physics in extreme light fields" dedicated to Nikolay B. Narozhny’s 80th birthday, November 2020, Moscow (Russia). Invited online talk on "Radiation reaction in classical and quantum electrodynamics".
- 3rd Conference on Extremely High-Intensity Laser Physics (ExHILP), September 2019, Palo Alto (United States). Plenary tutorial talk on "Theory of strong-field QED in intense laser fields".
- Workshop on Physics Opportunities at a Lepton Collider in the Fully Nonperturbative QED Regime, August 2019, Menlo Park (United States). Invited talk on "Perturbation theory in strong field QED".
- International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'19), July 2019, Gyeongju (South Korea). Invited talk on "On the local-constant-field approximation in strong-field QED at low and high energies".
- SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics Conference, April 2019, Prague (Czech Republic). Invited talk on "Implementing nonlinear Compton scattering beyond the local constant field approximation".
- International Workshop on Atomic Physics, November 2018, Dresden (Germany). Invited talk on "Ultrarelativistic electron states and strong-field QED processes in tightly focused laser pulses".
- International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'18), July 2018, Nottingham (United Kingdom). Invited talk on "Implementing nonlinear Compton scattering beyond the local constant field approximation".
- EPS DPP satellite workshop on "High-field laser-plasma interaction", July 2018, Prague (Czech Republic) . Invited talk on "Implementing nonlinear Compton scattering beyond the local constant field approximation".
- EUCALL Joint Foresight Topical Workshop: Theory and Simulation of Photon-Matter Interaction, July 2018, Szeged (Hungary). Invited extended lecture on "Strong-field classical and quantum electrodynamics in intense laser fields".
- International Conference on Classical and quantum plasmas: matter under extreme conditions, April 2018, Rome (Italy). Invited talk on "Quantum electrodynamical processes in plasmas".
- 2nd Conference on Extremely High-Intensity Laser Physics (ExHILP), September 2017, Lisbon (Portugal). Plenary tutorial talk on "Radiation reaction in classical and quantum electrodynamics".
- 44th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, June 2017, Belfast (United Kingdom). Plenary talk on "Opportunities in high-field classical and quantum electrodynamics using high-power lasers".
- 1st JPP Frontiers in Plasma Physics Conference, May 2017, Sarteano (Italy). Invited talk on "Theoretical challenges in strong-field QED".
- Conference on "Light driven Nuclear-Particle physics and Cosmology 2017", April 2017, Pacifico-Yokohama (Japan). Invited talk on "Strong-field QED in tightly focused laser beams".
- Colloquium on "Theory of Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Solids or Plasmas", October 2016, Dresden (Germany). Invited talk on "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields".
- Società Italiana di Fisica (SIF) Annual National Congress, September 2016, Padova (Italy). Invited talk on "Intense laser-plasma interaction as a tool for fundamental physics".
- International Laser Physics Workshop, July 2016, Yerevan (Armenia). Invited talks on "Nonlinear single Compton scattering of an electron wave-packet" and on "Nonlinear neutrino-photon interactions inside strong laser pulses".
- International Workshop on Strong Field Problems in Quantum Theory, June 2016, Tomsk (Russia). Invited talk on "Recollision processes in strong-field QED".
- Italian National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, September 2015, Palermo (Italy). Contributed talk on "Recollision processes in strong-field QED in the presence of an intense laser beam".
- Workshop of the APOLLON "High-Field Group", September 2015, Bordeaux (France). Invited talk on "Quantum radiation reaction at the APOLLON facility".
- International Laser Physics Workshop, August 2015, Shanghai (China). Invited talks on "High-energy recollision processes of laser-generated electron-positron pairs" and on "Strong-field QED processes in focused laser fields and experimental results on nonlinear Thomson scattering".
- Marcel Grossmann Meeting, July 2015, Rome (Italy). Invited talk on: "Generation of neutral and high-density electron-positron pair plasmas in the laboratory".
- DPG Spring Meeting, March 2015, Heidelberg (Germany). Talk on: "Electron-beam dynamics in a strong laser field including quantum radiation reaction".
- International Conference on Science and Technology for FAIR in Europe 2014, October 2014, Worms (Germany). Plenary talk on "Testing Quantum Electrodynamics at critical background electromagnetic fields".
- IZEST ELI-NP Conference, September 2014, Paris (France). Invited talk on "Recollision processes in strong-field QED in the presence of an intense laser beam".
- Program on Frontiers of Intense Laser Physics, August 2014, Santa Barbara (California, United States). Talks on "Radiation reaction in classical and quantum electrodynamics" and on "Recollision processes in strong-field QED".
- International Laser Physics Workshop, July 2014, Sofia (Bulgaria). Invited talks on "Electron dynamics controlled via self-interaction" and on "Ultrarelativistic electron states in a general background electromagnetic field".
- 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia, July 2014, Yerevan (Armenia). Invited talk on "Investigating vacuum-polarization effects with ultra-intense laser fields".
- LaB2013 Workshop, December 2013, Paris (France), Invited talk on: "Laser-plasma interaction as a tool for fundamental physics".
- Italian National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, September 2013, Milan (Italy). Invited talks on "Laser-plasma interaction as a tool for fundamental physics".
- International Laser Physics Workshop, July 2013, Prague (Czech Republic). Invited talks on "Nonlinear double Compton scattering in the ultrarelativistic quantum regime" and on "Stochasticity effects in quantum radiation reaction".
- Physics in Intense Fields (PIF2013) Workshop, June 2013, Hamburg (Germany). Invited talk on "Nonlinear double Compton scattering in the ultrarelativistic quantum regime".
- 40th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, June 2013, Espoo (Finland). Invited talks on "Superintense laser interactions with fundamental quantum systems".
- 2nd Workshop Operation of PW-class lasers, June 2013, Dornburg (Germany). Invited talks on "Intensity measurement of strong laser pulses using nonlinear Thomson scattering".
- 2013 yearly ICRANet Scientific Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics, June 2013, Pescara (Italy). Invited talks on "Classical and quantum radiation reaction in intense laser fields", "Vacuum polarization effects in strong laser beams'', and on "QED processes in strong background electromagnetic fields".
- Kick Off Meeting for the Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields (HIBEF) at the European XFEL, June 2013, Hamburg (Germany). Invited talk on "Classical and quantum electrodynamics effects in intense laser fields"
- CILEX-APOLLON Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting, April 2013, Paris (France). Invited talk on "High-field physics at APOLLON".
- Workshop on Frontiers In Extreme Relativistic Optics (FIERO), February 2013, Columbus (Ohio, United States). Invited talk on "Classical and quantum electrodynamical effects in intense laser fields".
- 9th International Topical SPARC Workshop, December 2012, Vienna (Austria). Invited talk on "Quantum electrodynamical processes in intense laser and atomic fields".
- International endeavour to establish Laser-Based High Energy Physics and Applications Conference, November 2012, Glasgow (United Kingdom). Invited talk on "Investigating the QED vacuum with ultra-intense laser fields".
- Frontiers in Intense Laser-Matter Interaction Theory Symposium, September 2012, Garching (Germany). Invited talk on "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields".
- International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'12), July 2012, Calgary (Canada). Invited talks on "Quantum electrodynamical processes in intense laser and atomic fields" and on "On the stability of vacuum in a single plane wave at finite temperature".
- International Workshop on "Laser-Plasma Interaction at Ultra-High Intensity", April 2012, Dresden (Germany). Keynote invited talk on:"Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with strong laser fields".
- Meeting on "Science with PW-class lasers", January 2012, Paris (France). Invited talk on:"Theoretical perspectives with Petawatt-class lasers".
- Sino-German Symposium on Laser Acceleration and Applications of Lasers at Accelerators, December 2011, Beijing (China). Invited talk on: "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with strong laser fields".
- International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, October 2011, Eisenach (Germany). Invited talk on: "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with strong laser fields''.
- Workshop on Petawatt Lasers at Hard X-Ray Sources, September 2011, Dresden (Germany). Invited talk on: "Classical and quantum electrodynamics effects in intense laser pulses''.
- Theory Symposium Helmholtz Institut Jena, June 2011, Dornburg (Germany). Invited talk on: "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser pulses''.
- Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves as Novel Radiation Sources from Terahertz to X-rays and Beyond, April 2011, Prague (Czech Republic). Invited talk on: "Classical and quantum radiation reaction in intense laser fields".
- EMMI Workshop, September 2010, Speyer (Germany). Invited talk on: "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields".
- International Laser Physics Workshop, July 2010, Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil). Invited talk on: "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields".
- DPG Spring Meeting, March 2010, Hanover (Germany). Invited talk on: "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields".
- SILMI Symposium on Frontiers in Intense Laser-Matter Interactions Theory, March 2010, Garching (Germany). Invited talk on: "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields".
- 18th International Laser Physics Workshop, July 2009, Barcelona (Spain). Invited talk on: "Refractive QED effects in intense laser fields".
- Tenth Workshop on Non-Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics, June 2009, Paris (France). Invited talk on: "Refractive QED effects in strong laser fields".
- Workshop on Advanced QED Methods for Future Accelerators, March 2009, Daresbury (England). Invited talk on: "Vacuum polarization effects in intense laser fields".
- ELI Workshop and School on "Fundamental Physics with Ultra-High Fields", September-October 2008, Fraueninsel (Germany). Invited lecture on: "Birefringence and quantum effects of the vacuum in strong laser beams".
- XI International Conference on Multiphoton Processes (ICOMP 2008), September 2008, Heidelberg (Germany). Invited talk on: "QED effects in intense laser fields".
- Workshop on Exotic Physics at Ultrahigh Laser Intensities, July 2008, Palaiseau (France). Invited talk on: "Vacuum-polarization effects in ultra-strong laser fields".
- International Symposium "Topical Problems of Nonlinear Wave Physics NWP-2008", July 2008, Nizhny Novgorod (Russia). Invited talk on: "QED effects in super strong laser beams".
- Trento Laser Workshop, June 2008, Trento (Italy). Invited talk on: "Quantum vacuum effects in intense laser fields".
- 35th EPS Plasma Physics Conference, June 2008, Crete (Greece). Invited talk on: "Quantum vacuum effects in strong laser beams".
- Laserlab Europe Workshop 2007, October 2007, Darmstadt (Germany). Invited talk on: "QED effects in strong laser fields".
- ULIS 2007, October 2007, Bordeaux (France). Talk on: "QED effects in strong laser fields".
- CEWQO 2007, June 2007, Palermo (Italy). Talk on: "Nonlinear interaction of strong laser fields in vacuum".
- ICONO/LAT Conference 2007, May-June 2007, Minsk (Belarus). Invited talk on: "QED effects in super strong fields".
- International Workshop on Atomic Physics, November 2006, Dresden (Germany). Poster on: "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser pulses".
- ELI Workshop 2006, November 2006, Garching (Germany). Talk on: "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser pulses".
- Fifteenth annual International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'06), July 2006, Lausanne (Switzerland). Talk on: "Nonlinear interaction of strong laser fields in vacuum".
- Plasma Theory Workshop on "Theory of Short Pulse Petawatt Laser Plasma Interaction", October 2005, Darmstadt (Germany). Invited talk on: "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser fields".
- International Conference on "Superstrong Fields in Plasmas", September 2005, Varenna (Italy). Poster on: "Harmonic generation from laser-driven vacuum".
- International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics EPS, July 2003, Aachen (Germany). Poster on: "Pair production in a strong magnetic field: the effect of a background gravitational field".
- LXXXVIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Fisica, September 2002, Alghero (Italy). Talk on: "Photon production in strong magnetic fields".
- Quantum Electrodynamics and Statistical Physics 2001, October-November 2001, Kharkov (Ukraine). Talk on: "Very intense non static magnetic fields and particle production".
- LXXXVI Congresso Nazionale Società di Fisica Italiana, October 2000, Palermo (Italy). Talk on: "Harmonic generation by an hydrogenoid one-dimensional atom: the role of the bounded and unbounded levels".
- International Conference LASER '99, December 1999, Quebec (Canada). Talk on: "Even and odd harmonics from a quasi degenerate two-level atom".
Schools
- 53th Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, October 2024, Heidelberg (Germany). Course on "Quantum Electrodynamics in the high-intensity regime".
- Doctoral Training School on "Plasmas in Extreme Environments: from Astrophysics to the Laboratory", May 2023, Les Houches (France). Invited lectures on QED, strong-field QED, and radiation reaction.
- ELI-NP Summer School 2019, September 2019, Sinaia (Romania). Invited lectures on "Strong-field QED in intense laser fields" and "Vacuum-polarization effects in intense laser beams".
- ELI Summer School (ELISS 2018), August 2018, Szeged (Hungary). Invited lecture on "High-energy QED (vacuum-polarization effects in intense laser beams)".
- Winter College on Extreme Non-linear Optics, Attosecond Science and High-field Physics, February 2018, Trieste (Italy). Invited lectures on "Radiation and radiation reaction in classical electrodynamics" and on "Radiation and radiation reaction in quantum electrodynamics".
- International School for young scientists "Visions in Fundamental Physics", December 2016, Moscow (Russia). Invited lectures on "Classical and quantum radiation reaction in intense laser fields" and on "QED processes in strong background electromagnetic fields".
- ELI Beamlines and HiLASE Summer School (ELISS 2016), August 2016, Prague (Czech Republic). Invited lecture on "Ultra high-intensity laser-plasma interaction".
- 36th Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, April 2016, Heidelberg (Germany). Course on "Quantum Electrodynamics: Basic foundations and modern issues in the presence of intense background electromagnetic fields".
- ELI Beamlines and HiLASE Summer School (ELISS 2015), August 2015, Prague (Czech Republic). Invited lecture on "Ultra high-intensity laser-plasma interaction".
Invited Seminars
- "Modern tests of Quantum Electrodynamics in the strong-field regime" on 09 December 2024 at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Magurele (Romania). Invited by Dr. C. Ur.
- "Modern tests of Quantum Electrodynamics in the strong-field regime" on 15 November 2024 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Michigan, United States). Invited by Dr. F. Baier
- "Revealing the nonlinearity of the quantum vacuum with high-intensity laser fields" on 27 September 2024 at the University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona, United States). Invited by Prof. J. Rafelski.
- "Modern tests of Quantum Electrodynamics in the strong-field regime" on 21 March 2024 at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla (Missouri, United States). Invited by Prof. U. D. Jentschura.
- "Modern tests of Quantum Electrodynamics in the high-intensity regime" on 2 November 2023 at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven (Netherlands). Invited by Prof. J. Luiten.
- "Flying-focus beams as a tool for strong-field QED" on 28 September 2023 at the JPP Frontiers of Plasma Physics Colloquium, Cambridge (United Kingdom). Invited by Prof. A. Schekochihin (online seminar).
- "Flying-focus beams as a tool for strong-field QED and on the role of interparticle fields in radiation" on 05 September 2023 at the ELI Beamlines, Prague (Czech Republic). Invited by Dr. M. Formanek.
- "Radiation reaction in classical and quantum electrodynamics" on 07 June 2023 at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Singapore). Invited by Prof. L. J. Wong (online seminar).
- "Modern tests of quantum electrodynamics in the high-intensity regime" on 14 October 2022 at the University of Connecticut, Storr (Connecticut, United States). Invited by Prof. G. Dunne.
- "Strong-field QED effects within the LCFA and beyond the plane-wave approximation" on 05 October 2022 at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Magurele (Romania). Invited by Dr. S. Ataman.
- "Strong-field QED effects within the LCFA and beyond the plane-wave approximation" on 12 July 2022 at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf e.V., Dresden (Germany). Invited by Dr. S. Franchin-Viñas (online seminar).
- "WKB electron wave functions in a tightly focused laser beam" on 17 June 2022 at the University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (Germany). Invited by Prof. C. Müller (online seminar).
- "Radiation reaction in classical and quantum electrodynamics" on 25 June 2021 at the Michoacan State University, Morelia (Mexico). Invited by Prof. C. Schubert (online seminar).
- "Radiation reaction in classical and quantum electrodynamics" on 20 April 2021 at the University of Rochester, Rochester (New York, United States). Invited by Prof. S. Manley (online seminar).
- "A modern look into the oldest problem in electrodynamics: radiation reaction from classical to quantum electrodynamics" on 05 February 2021 at the University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona, United States). Invited by Prof. J. Rafelski (online seminar).
- "Testing strong-field quantum electrodynamics with high-power lasers" on 03 February 2021 at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester (New York, United States). Invited by Dr. J. P. Palastro (online seminar).
- "Modern tests of vacuum-polarization effects in strong laser fields" on 05 March 2020 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore (California, United States). Invited by Dr. Yuan Shi.
- "Limitations of the locally-constant-field approximation at low and high energies" on 02 March 2020 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (California, United States). Invited by Dr. J.-L. Vay.
- "Modern tests of quantum electrodynamics in the high-intensity regime" on 25 February 2020 at the Department of Physics of the University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara (California, United States). Invited by Prof. J. F. Hennawi.
- "Radiation reaction in classical and quantum electrodynamics" on 07 November 2019 at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Milan, Milan (Italy). Invited by Prof. L. Galgani.
- "Modern aspects of quantum electrodynamics in intense and tightly-focused laser fields" on 13 November 2017 at the ELI Nuclear Physics, Magurele (Romania). Invited by Dr. P. Ghenuche.
- "Modern aspects of quantum electrodynamics in intense and tightly-focused laser fields" on 10 October 2017 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (California, United States). Invited by Dr. S. S. Bulanov.
- "Modern aspects of quantum electrodynamics in intense and tightly-focused laser fields" on 26 September 2017 at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park (California, United States). Invited by Dr. S. Glenzer.
- "Strong-field QED in intense laser fields" on 10 July 2017 at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (Germany). Invited by Dr. W. Rodejohann.
- "Recent developments in classical and quantum electrodynamics in intense laser fields" on 27 April 2017 at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Switzerland). Invited by Dr. G. M. Pruna.
- "Testing classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 08 December 2016 at the University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (Germany). Invited by Prof. Dr. C. Müller.
- "Testing classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 14 June 2016 at the Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt (Germany). Invited by PD Dr. W. Quint.
- "Conceptual novelties and issues in constructing a relativistic quantum theory" on 11 May 2016 at the University of Palermo, Palermo (Italy). Invited by Prof. G. Oliveri.
- "Testing classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 10 May 2016 at the University of Palermo, Palermo (Italy). Invited by Prof. E. Fiordilino.
- "Testing classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 23 October 2015 at the Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France). Invited by Dr. J. Petri.
- "Testing classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 12 October 2015 at the Department of Physics of the Oxford University, Oxford (United Kingdom). Invited by Prof. D. Jacksh.
- "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 07 September 2015 at the Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Bordeaux (France). Invited by Prof. V. T. Tikhonchuk.
- "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 31 March 2015 at the Department of Physics of the University of Trieste, Trieste (Italy). Invited by Prof. E. Gozzi.
- "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 27 February 2015 at the IRFU/SPhN, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Invited by Dr. E. Tomasi-Gustafsson.
- "Recollision processes in strong-field QED" on 21 January 2015 at the Helmholtz-Institute Jena, Jena (Germany). Invited by PD Dr. A. Surzhykov.
- "Quantum electrodynamical effects at critical background electromagnetic fields" on 04 November 2014 at the Aarhus University, Aarhus (Denmark). Invited by Prof. U. I. Uggerhøj.
- "Strong-field QED in background fields of complex structure" on 08 July 2014 at the Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (Sweden). Invited by Prof. M. Marklund.
- "Novel aspects of classical and quantum radiation reaction" on 30 June 2014 at the Synchrotron Research Institute, Yerevan (Armenia). Invited by Prof. V. Tsakanov.
- "Novel aspects of classical and quantum radiation reaction" on 05 May 2014 at the Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Pisa (Italy). Invited by Prof. F. Pegoraro.
- "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with strong laser fields" on 06 March 2014 at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk (Russia). Invited by Prof. A. I. Milstein.
- "Classical and quantum electrodynamical effects in intense laser fields" on 07 November 2013 at the Centre de Physique Théorique de l'École Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France). Invited by Prof. P. Mora.
- "Classical and quantum electrodynamical effects in intense laser fields" on 08 February 2013 at the Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin (Germany). Invited by Dr. W. Becker.
- "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 22 June 2012 at the Centre de Physique Théorique de l'École Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France). Invited by Prof. Ph. Martin.
- "Tests of classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 12 June 2012 at the Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Rostock (Germany). Invited by Prof. D. Bauer.
- "Testing strong-field classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 08 May 2012 at the Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast (Northern Ireland UK). Invited by Dr. G. Sarri and Prof. M. Zepf.
- "Classical and quantum electrodynamic effects in strong laser fields" on 27 June 2011 at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany). Invited by Prof. P. Mulser.
- "Classical and quantum electrodynamic effects in strong laser fields" Research Progress Meeting of the Physics Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on 23 June 2011, Berkeley (California, United States). Invited by Prof. E. Essman.
- "Testing classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 17 June 2011 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (California, United States). Invited by Dr. S. S. Bulanov and Prof. J. Wurtele.
- "Testing classical and quantum electrodynamics with intense laser fields" on 09 June 2011 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos (New Mexico, United States). Invited by Prof. B. M. Hegelich.
- "High-order QED effects in intense laser fields" on 25 February 2011 at the Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow (Russia). Invited by Profs. A. I. Nikishov and V. I. Ritus.
- "Classical and quantum electrodynamics in strong laser fields" on 21 February 2011 at the Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow (Russia). Invited by Prof. M. V. Fedorov.
- "Strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields" on 09 December 2010 at the Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (Germany). Invited by Prof. K. Blaum.
- "Strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields" on 30 November 2010 at the Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt (Germany). Invited by Prof. P. Mulser.
- "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields" on 24 September 2009 at the Department of Physics of the Strathclyde University, Glasgow (Scotland). Invited by Prof. D. Jaroszynski.
- "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields" on 21 September 2009 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot (England). Invited by Prof. P. Norreys.
- "Testing strong-field CED and QED with intense laser fields" on 23 July 2009 at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Friedrich-Schiller Universität, Jena (Germany). Invited by Prof. H. Gies.
- "QED effects in strong laser fields" on 30 June 2008 at the University of Trieste, Trieste (Italy). Invited by Prof. G. Calucci.
- "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser pulses" on 04 December 2007 at the University of Pisa, Pisa (Italy). Invited by Prof. F. Pegoraro.
- "Vacuum polarization effects in strong laser pulses" on 20 April 2007 at the University of Umeå, Umeå (Sweden). Invited by Prof. M. Marklund.
- "Enhancement of vacuum polarization effects in a plasma" on 15 March 2007 at the Centre de Physique Théorique de l'École Polytechnique, Palaiceau (France). Invited by Prof. P. Mora.
- "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser pulses" on 04 December 2007 at the University of Palermo, Palermo (Italy). Invited by Prof. E. Fiordilino.
- "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser fields: light-by-light diffraction" on 13 April 2006 at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Friedrich-Schiller Universität, Jena (Germany). Invited by Prof. A. Wipf.
- "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser fields" on 16 December 2005 at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heidelberg (Germany). Invited by Prof. H. Gies.
- "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser fields" on 15 December 2005 at the Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen (Germany). Invited by Prof. W. Scheid.
- "Vacuum nonlinearities in strong laser fields" on 15 November 2005 at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt (Germany). Invited by Prof. P. Mulser.
- "Probing the quantum vacuum by means of strong laser fields: an experimental proposal" on 20 May 2005 at the Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller Universität, Jena (Germany). Invited by Prof. R. Sauerbrey.
- "Pair production around massive gravitational objects" on 06 March 2002 at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Trieste (Italy). Invited by Prof. F. Matteucci.
Invited Public Lectures and Popular Talks
- "Il Vuoto è veramente vuoto?" on 10 March 2023, Treviso (Italy). Event: Special seminar at the Liceo statale Duca degli Abruzzi.
- "Ist das Vakuum wirklich leer?" on 14 December 2022, Heidelberg (Germany). Event: Jahresabschlussversammlung (End of year-Meeting) of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics.
- "Ist "Nichts" wirklich nichts? - Das Vakuum in ultrastarken Laserfeldern" on 14 July 2017, Heidelberg (Germany). Event: Visit of "Die junge Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft" at Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics.
- "Ist "Nichts" wirklich nichts? - Das Vakuum in ultrastarken Laserfeldern" on 28 January 2017, Heidelberg (Germany). Event: Physik am Samstagmorgen at Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics.
- "Ist das Vakuum wirklich leer?" on 20 July 2014, Heidelberg (Germany). Event: Tag der offenen Tür at Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics.