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  • 2021 - OSA Fellows Toshiki Tajima University of California Irvine, USA For seminal contributions in broad and novel plasma physics and laser-based accelerator physics, introducing the concept of Laser Wakefield Acceleration

Overview

Toshiki Tajima is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans mainly the fields of Medicine and Physics and Astronomy, with equal numbers of publications in both areas. Within these broader fields, their work focuses notably on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Mechanics of Materials, Radiation, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques.

Tajima has published in several frequent venues, among which are arXiv (Cornell University), Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Physics of Plasmas, SSRN Electronic Journal, and High Power Laser Science and Engineering.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Toshiki Tajima include:

  • Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Guangdong Province, China (2020, Cell)
  • Transmission Dynamics of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Association of Cancer Stem Cell Radio-Resistance Under Ultra-High Dose Rate FLASH Irradiation With Lysosome-Mediated Autophagy (2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)
  • Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Mental Disorders: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses (2022, Advances in Nutrition)
  • Characterization and performance of the Apollon short-focal-area facility following its commissioning at 1 PW level (2021, Matter and Radiation at Extremes)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Xueqing Yan, Zhusong Mei, Yinren Shou, Shirui Xu, and Zhengxuan Cao.

Toshiki Tajima was recognized as an OSA Fellow in 2021 for contributions in plasma physics and laser-based accelerator physics, specifically for introducing the concept of Laser Wakefield Acceleration.

Best Publications

  • Laser Electron Accelerator

    T. Tajima;J. M. Dawson

  • Optics in the relativistic regime

    Gerard A. Mourou;Toshiki Tajima;Sergei V. Bulanov

  • Highly efficient relativistic-ion generation in the laser-piston regime.

    T. Esirkepov;Marco Borghesi;S.V. Bulanov;G. Mourou

  • Observation of a small atmospheric vμ/ve ratio in Kamiokande

    K.S. Hirata;K. Inoue;T. Ishida;T. Kajita

  • Radiation-pressure acceleration of ion beams driven by circularly polarized laser pulses.

    Andreas Henig;S. Steinke;M. Schnürer;T. Sokollik

  • Observation of ultrahigh gradient electron acceleration by a self-modulated intense short laser pulse.

    K. Nakajima;D. Fisher;T. Kawakubo;H. Nakanishi

  • Light intensification towards the Schwinger limit.

    Sergei V. Bulanov;Timur Esirkepov;Toshiki Tajima

  • The future is fibre accelerators

    Gerard Mourou;Bill Brocklesby;Toshiki Tajima;Jens Limpert

  • Zettawatt-exawatt lasers and their applications in ultrastrong-field physics

    T. Tajima;T. Tajima;G. Mourou

  • Computational Plasma Physics: With Applications To Fusion And Astrophysics

    Toshiki Tajima

  • Proposed double-layer target for the generation of high-quality laser-accelerated ion beams.

    T. Zh. Esirkepov;S. V. Bulanov;K. Nishihara;T. Tajima

  • Forward Raman instability and electron acceleration

    C. Joshi;T. Tajima;J. M. Dawson;H. A. Baldis

  • Laser ion-acceleration scaling laws seen in multiparametric particle-in-cell simulations

    T. Esirkepov;M. Yamagiwa;T. Tajima

  • Ion acceleration and direct ion heating in three-component magnetic reconnection

    Y. Ono;M. Yamada;T. Akao;T. Tajima

  • Energy increase in multi-MeV ion acceleration in the interaction of a short pulse laser with a cluster-gas target.

    Y. Fukuda;A. Ya. Faenov;M. Tampo;T. A. Pikuz

  • Two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic model of emerging magnetic flux in the solar atmosphere

    K. Shibata;T. Tajima;R. S. Steinolfson;R. Matsumoto

  • Working Group Report: Higgs Boson

    Sally Dawson;S. Zenz;T. Han;M. Kurata

  • Magnetic viscosity by localized shear flow instability in magnetized accretion disks

    R. Matsumoto;T. Tajima

  • Generation of High Quality Laser Accelerated Ion Beams

    T. Zh. Esirkepov;S. V. Bulanov;K. Nishihara;T. Tajima

  • Optics in the Relativistic Regime

    Toshiki Tajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergei V. Bulanov
Sergei V. Bulanov Czech Academy of Sciences
Gerard Mourou
Gerard Mourou École Polytechnique
Yoshitaka Itow
Yoshitaka Itow Nagoya University
Jörn Wilms
Jörn Wilms University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ken'ichi Nomoto
Ken'ichi Nomoto University of Tokyo
Andreas Haungs
Andreas Haungs Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
F. Cafagna
F. Cafagna National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Luis A. Anchordoqui
Luis A. Anchordoqui City University of New York
Valerie Connaughton
Valerie Connaughton National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John M. Dawson
John M. Dawson University of California, Los Angeles

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