Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by Imperial College London

An important contribution to plasma physics, both theoretically and in relation to collider design

Suggests a feasible scheme for observing the elusive Breit-Wheeler process

Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by Imperial College London An important contribution to plasma physics, both theoretically and in relation to collider design Suggests a feasible scheme for observing the elusive Breit-Wheeler process Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Introduction.- Theoretical Background .- Dynamical Friction in a Relativistic Plasma.- Transport Processes in a Relativistic Plasma.- Numerical Simulations of High Temperature Plasmas.- An Experiment to Observe the Breit-Wheeler Process.- Conclusions.