ALP Seminar - The ZEUS Petawatt laser facility and high field science research at the University of Michigan

The Zettawatt Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS) is a National Science Foundation-funded user facility located at the University of Michigan in the US. The laser will be capable of producing 3-Petawatt pulses and can also be split to create synchronized 2.5-PW and 0.5-PW pulses. This presentation will describe the different capabilities of the facility available to users in each of the three target areas and the current laser status and recent results on laser wakefield acceleration and x-ray generation. Results from other recent experiments on magnetic field dynamics from intense laser-produced plasmas will also be discussed.