CONTENTS -- Preface P. Chen -- I. Quantum Fluctuations and Methodologies in Beam Physics -- On Coherent Radiation in Electron-Positron Colliders V. N. Baier, V. M. Katkov -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. General formulas -- 2. Photon Emission -- 3. Pair Creation -- References -- Quantum Mechanics of Dirac Particle Beam Transport Through Optical Elements with Straight and Curved Axes R. Jaganathan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum Beam Optics of Particles: An Outline -- 3. Quantum Beam Optics of Dirac Particles: Optical Elements with Straight Axes -- 4. Quantum Beam Optics of Dirac Particles: Optical Elements with Curved Axes -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Pattern Formation in Wigner-Like Equations via Multiresolution A. N. Fedorava, M. G. Zeitlin -- 1. Wigner-like Equations -- 2. Variational Multiscale Representation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The Halo Formation in Charged Particle Beams: A Stochastic-Hydrodynamic Approach N. C. Petroni, S. De Martina, S. De Siena, F. Illuminati -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Self consistent equations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- II. Photon-Electron Interaction in Beam Production, Cooling and Monitoring -- Compton Scattering and its Applications: The Pleiades Femtosecond X-Ray Source at LLNL F. V. Hartemann, W. J. Brown, S. G. Anderson, C. P. J. Barty, S. M. Betts, R. Booth, J. K. Crane, R. R. Cross, D. N. Fittinghoff, D. J. Gibson, J. Kuba, B. Rupp, A. M. Tremaine, P. T. Springer -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electron Beam Design -- 2.1. Experimental layout -- 2.2. Electron beam production -- 3. Calculation of X-ray Production -- 4. Electron Beam Characterization -- 5. X-Ray Production -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Infrared Synchrotron Radiation in Accelerator Experiments A. A. Maltsev -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Infrared Sources -- 3. Methods -- 3.1. Number of charge-partilens.

3.2. Geometrical parameters -- 3.3. Angular divergence -- 4. Experimental Apparatus -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Infrared Coordinate Detector for the Measurement of Angular Divergence in Synchrotron Radiation A. A. Maltsev, M. A. Maltsev, M. V. Mastova -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental technique -- 3. Experimental result -- 4. Summary -- References -- Study of Laser Compton Scattering in a Plasma Channel T. Kumita, Y. Kamiya, I. Ben-Zvi, K. Kusche, I. V. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, D. P. Siddons, T. Hirose, S. Kashiwagi, M. Washio, D. Cline, F. Zhou, D. Kaganovich, A. Zigler -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Plasma Channeling of the CO2 laser -- 3. Compton scattering experiment in the Plasma Channel -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Irreversible Process in a Photon Gas N. L. Tsintsadze, K. Nishikawa, Y. Kishimoto, N. A. Papuashvili, L. N. Tsintsadze -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Relaxation time of a photon gas -- 3. Summary and Discussions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Production of a Short-Bunch Polarized Positron Beam and Design of a Positron Polarimeter M. Fukuda, A. Ohashi, T. Hirose, M. Washio, I. Yamazaki, Y. Kurihara, M. Nomura, T. Okugi, T. Omori, J. Urakawa -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transmission method -- 3. Gamma-ray polarimetry -- 4. Design of positron polarinieter -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- X-Ray Spectrometer for Observation of Nonlinear Compton Scattering Y. Kamiya, T. Kumita, D. P. Siddons, I. Ben-Zvi, C. Liu, A. T. Macrander, T. Hirose, M. Washio, T. Omori, J. Urakawa, K. Yokoya -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Setup -- 3. Simulation Study -- 4. Test Experiment of the Spectrometer -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References.

Application of Optical Diffraction Radiation to a Non-Invasive Low-Emittance High-Brightness Beam Diagnostics P. Karataev, R. Hamatsu, T. Muto, S. Araki, H. Hayano, J. Urakawa, G. Naumenko, A. Potylitsyn, T. Hirose -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Beam size effect in optical diffraction radiation -- 3. Applicability of DR to non-invasive electron beam diagnostics -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Generation of High Quality Electron Beam by Laser-Plasma Interaction H. Kotaki, S. Masuda, M. Kando, S. Kondo, S. Kanazawa, T. Homma, K. Nakajima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Optical injection of two laser pulses -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Polarization of Final Photons in Nonlinear Compton Scattering for Linearly Polarized Laser L. Dongguo, R. Hamatsu, T. Sumiyoshi, K. Yokoya, T. Hirose -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Kinematics of Nonlinear Compton Scattering -- 3. Transition Probability -- 4. Final Photon Polarization -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Is it Possible to Obtain Polarized Positrons During Multiple Compton Backscattering Process? A. P. Potylitsyn -- References -- ID PIC Simulation of Plasma Cathode S. Masuda, M. Kando, H. Kotaki, S. Kondo, S. Kanazawa, T. Honma, I. V. Smetanin, K. Nakajima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. ID PIC Simulation Model -- 3. Simulation Results -- 4. Summary -- References -- III. Beam Phenomena under Strong Fields -- Boiling the Vacuum with an X-Ray Free Electron Laser A. Ringwald -- 1. Introduction -- 2. X-Ray Free Electron Lasers -- 3. Semi-classical Rate Estimates -- 4. Quantum Kinetic Studies -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Unruh Effect as Particular Frenet-Serret Vacuum Radiation and Detection Proposals H. C. Rosu -- 1. Frenet-Serret Worldlines and Vacuum Radiation Patterns -- 1.1. The Six Stationary Scalar Frenet-Serret Radiation Spectra -- 1.2. Conclusions from the Stationary Scalar Cases -- 2. Detection Proposals.

2.1. Unruh Effect in Storage Rings -- 2.2. Unruh Effect and the Physics of Traps -- 2.3. Unruh Effect and Nonadiabatic Casimir Effect -- 2.4. Unruh Effect and Channeling -- 2.5. Unruh Radiation and Ultraintense Lasers -- 2.6. Unruh Radiation in Quantum Optics (Moderate a could Work) -- 3. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Quantum Excitation-Free Radiation Emission Including Multiple Scattering U. I. Uggerhoj -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Channeling, multiple scattering and dechanneling -- 3. Quantum excitation-free radiation emission including multiple scattering -- 4. Results -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Flying Mirrors: Relativistic Plasma Wake Caustic Light Intensification T. Zh. Esirkepov, S. V. Bulanov, T. Tajima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mirrors in the plasma wake wave -- 3. Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Quantum Theory of Laser-Beam Compton Interaction and Stimulated Electron-Positron Annihilation in a Strong Field I. V. Smetanin, K. Nakajima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum Kinetics of the Laser Cooling of Relativistic Electron Beam -- 3. Quantum Limit in the X-ray FEL Theory -- 4. Stimulated Coherent Annihilation in the Strong Field -- References -- Interaction of Charged Particles with Ultra Strong Electromagnetic Waves in the Radiation Dominant Regime S. V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, J. Koga, T. Tajima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electron interaction with a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave in a plasma in the radiation dominant regime -- 3. Scattering of the laser light on small clusters and the interaction of a super-intense laser pulse with a thin foil -- 3.1. The laser-cluster interaction -- 3.2. High efficiency ion acceleration during the laser-foil interaction.

4. Intensification of the electromagnetic radiation during its interaction with the "flying mirror" formed in the wake behind the laser pulse -- References -- Electron-Positron Pair-Beam Production and Acceleration in Ultra-Strong Laser-Plasma Interactions K. Nakajima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pair production processes in laser fields -- 2.1. Multiphoton pair creation in a Coulomb field -- 2.2. Pair creation by relativistic electrons -- 2.3. Pair creation by an incident non-laser photon -- 3. Electron acceleration in plasmas -- 3.1. Basic equations for particle acceleration in plasma -- 3.2. Production of a high energy ultrashort intense electron beam in plasmas -- 4. Pair-beam production yield in plasmas -- 4.1. A trident process in the nuclear field -- 4.2. A trident process in the counter-propagating laser field in plasma -- 5. Relativistic ponderomotive acceleration and focusing of a pair beam -- 5.1. A focused beam size limited by the space charge force -- 5.2. A focused beam size limited by the thermal emittance -- 5.3. Application to a high energy electron-positron collider -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Quantum Aspects of Super-Strong Field Interactions H. Takahashi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Non-linear of A2 term in the Hamitonian -- 3. Many modes interacting system (analysis by Exponential Hilbert space) -- 4. Conclusion. -- Acknowledgments -- References -- IV. High Energy and Laboratory Astrophysics -- A Crystal-Based Matter Wave Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory R. Y. Chiao, A. D. Speliotopoulos -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brief Review of Atom Interferometry -- 2.1. Supersonic Sources and 2D Optical Molasses Collimation -- 2.2. Atomic Beam Optics -- 3. LIGO, LISA, and the Detection of GWs -- 4. The .Matter-wave Jnterferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory (MIGO) -- 4.1. The Vertical MIGO Configuration.

4.2. MIGO and LIGO: The Underlying Physics.