The new intensity frontier: exploring quantum electrodynamic plasmas

Activities

Activities per year 2016 2023 2024 2026

• 9 Invited talk
• 9 Oral presentation
• 1 Organiser of major conference

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• Invited talk at ELI User conference 2026: 'Synchrotron dominated X ray emission from ultrathin foils in the relativistic self- induced transparency regime'

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  24 Jun 2026

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Invited Talk - Queens University Belfast Sir Harrie Massey Colloquia

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  21 May 2025

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Invited Talk at the Frontiers in Plasma Physics and Technology (FPPT-11) International Conference

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  5 May 2025 → 9 May 2025

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Synthetic Diagnostics of Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration

  McQueen, C. (Speaker), McKenna, P. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Contributor), Wilson, R. (Contributor), Frazer, T. (Contributor), King, M. (Contributor), Alderton, M. (Contributor), Bacon, E. (Contributor), Dolier, E. (Contributor), Dzelzainis, T. (Contributor), Patel, J. (Contributor), Peat Romero, M. (Contributor) & Torrance, B. (Contributor)

  16 Dec 2024

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation

• ARISE: Algorithm for Rapid Ion Spectrum Extraction

  Torrance, B. (Speaker), McQueen, C. (Contributor), Wilson, R. (Contributor), Alderton, M. (Contributor), Dolier, E. (Contributor), Peat Romero, M. (Contributor), Nayli, R. (Contributor), King, M. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Speaker) & McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  16 Dec 2024

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation

• Invited talk at the International Workshop: New opportunities and challenges in nuclear physics with high power lasers

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  1 Jul 2024 → 5 Jul 2024

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Machine learning guided optimisation of fast electron temperature in laser-solid interaction experiments

  Peat Romero, M. (Speaker), King, M. (Contributor), Dolier, E. (Contributor), Wilson, R. (Contributor), Frazer, T. (Contributor), Alderton, M. (Contributor), Bacon, E. (Contributor), Patel, J. (Contributor), Dzelzainis, T. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Contributor) & McKenna, P. (Contributor)

  22 May 2024

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation

• Machine learning guided optimisation of fast electron temperature in laser-solid interaction experiments

  Peat Romero, M. (Speaker), King, M. (Contributor), Dolier, E. (Contributor), Wilson, R. (Contributor), Frazer, T. (Contributor), Alderton, M. (Contributor), Bacon, E. (Contributor), Patel, J. (Contributor), Dzelzainis, T. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Contributor) & McKenna, P. (Contributor)

  8 Apr 2024

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation

• Invited talk at Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) Joint Workshop on Advanced Technologies (Szeged, Hungary)

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  6 Dec 2023

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Invited talk at Vulcan Laser workshop at the Central Laser Facility

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  9 Oct 2023

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Workshop on Materials, Chemistry and Biology at Extreme Conditions

  McKenna, P. (Organiser)

  Oct 2023

  Activity: Presenting or Organising an Event › Organiser of major conference

• Synthetic Diagnostics of Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration

  McQueen, C. (Speaker), McKenna, P. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Contributor), Wilson, R. (Contributor), Frazer, T. (Contributor), King, M. (Contributor), Alderton, M. (Contributor), Bacon, E. (Contributor), Dolier, E. (Contributor), Dzelzainis, T. (Contributor), Patel, J. (Contributor), Peat Romero, M. (Contributor) & Torrance, B. (Contributor)

  17 Oct 2023

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation

• Multi-parameter Bayesian optimisation of laser-driven ion acceleration in particle-in-cell simulations

  Dolier, E. (Speaker), King, M. (Contributor), Wilson, R. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Contributor) & McKenna, P. (Contributor)

  30 Jun 2023

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation

• Multi-parameter Bayesian optimisation of laser-driven ion acceleration in particle-in-cell simulations

  Dolier, E. (Speaker), King, M. (Contributor), Wilson, R. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Contributor) & McKenna, P. (Contributor)

  26 Apr 2023

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation

• Multi-parameter Bayesian optimisation of laser-driven ion acceleration in particle-in-cell simulations

  Dolier, E. (Speaker), King, M. (Contributor), Wilson, R. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Contributor) & McKenna, P. (Contributor)

  30 Mar 2023

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation

• Invited Talk at the Cockcroft Institute Scientific Advisory Committee meeting 2022

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  11 Oct 2022

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Invited Talk and Panel Member at the ELI Beamlines Users Conference

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  21 Oct 2021

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Invited Webinar - Matter and Radiation in the Extremes Webinar Series

  McKenna, P. (Speaker)

  7 Sept 2021

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

• Ellipsoidal plasma mirror focusing of high power laser pulses to ultra-high intensities

  Wilson, R. (Speaker), King, M. (Contributor), Gray, R. (Contributor), Armstrong, C. (Contributor), Dance, R. J. (Contributor), McKenna, P. (Contributor), Carroll, D. (Contributor), Hawkes, S. (Contributor), Clarke, R. (Contributor) & Neely, D. (Contributor)

  5 Jul 2016

  Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation