Superintense Laser-Plasma Interaction Theory Primer

Andrea Macchi is a research scientist at CNR/INO, Pisa, Italy, and lecturer of classical electromagnetism and of plasma physics at the Physics Department of the University of Pisa. His research interests include superintense laser-matter interactions, laser-driven acceleration of particles, high field plasmonics, nonlinear plasma dynamics. He has published about 100 papers on peer reviewed journals and the textbooks "A Superintense Laser-Plasma Interaction Primer" (Springer, 2013) and "Problems in Classical Electromagnetism" (Springer, 2023, 2nd Ed.).

• Introduction.- Basic Tools of Laser Plasma Physics.- Nonlinear Laser Plasma Optics.- Electron Acceleration.- Ion Acceleration.- An Outlook in the Quantum Regime.