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ALP Seminar: Extreme Astrophysics with Laboratory electron-positron jets

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Date & Time

Mon, 11 May 2026

19:00

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About this event

Explore the extreme conditions of astrophysics with laboratory simulations.

Why you should come

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• Hear Dr. Eva Los discuss lab experiments replicating extreme astrophysical conditions.

• Learn about the Fireball program and its unique ability to produce relativistic pair plasmas.

• Discover new experimental constraints on kinetic processes in extreme astrophysical sources.

Event Highlights

  • Seminar on relativistic electron–positron plasmas in extreme astrophysical environments.
  • Discussion of the Fireball programme at CERN's HiRadMat facility.
  • Presentation of results from Fireball II and Fireball III experimental campaigns.
  • Experimental measurements of magnetic-field amplification associated with beam plasma instabilities.
  • Discussion of modifications to the longitudinal beam profile and energy spectrum.

Speaker

Dr Eva Los

University of Oxford

Organized by: University of Oxford Department of Physics

Contact: alpadmin@physics.ox.ac.uk

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