Guest Editor's Preface: The S. Feliu Conference

Abstract

This issue of Laser and Particle Beams contains 25 papers that were presented at the conference on “Matter in Super-Intense Laser Fields: Short Pulse, Superstrong Laser-Plasma Interactions,” held in S. Feliu de Guixols, Spain, from 29 September to 4 October 2001. Almost 100 scientists and young researchers (Ph.D. students and Post Docs) took part in this successful event, despite the terrible terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 in New York, which prevented many speakers from taking part, especially those coming from the United States.