Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regime
The interaction of light with the quantum-vacuum is predicted to give rise to some of the most fundamental and exotic processes in modern physics, which remain untested in the laboratory to date. Electron–positron pair production from a pure vacuum target, which has yet to be observed experimentally...
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| author | F C Salgado K Grafenstein A Golub A Döpp A Eckey D Hollatz C Müller A Seidel D Seipt S Karsch M Zepf |
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| description | The interaction of light with the quantum-vacuum is predicted to give rise to some of the most fundamental and exotic processes in modern physics, which remain untested in the laboratory to date. Electron–positron pair production from a pure vacuum target, which has yet to be observed experimentally, is possibly the most iconic. The advent of ultra-intense lasers and laser accelerated GeV electron beams provide an ideal platform for the experimental realisation. Collisions of high energy γ -ray photons derived from the GeV electrons and intense laser fields result in detectable pair production rates at field strengths that approach and exceed the Schwinger limit in the centre-of-momentum frame. A detailed experiment has been designed to be implemented at the ATLAS laser at the centre of advanced laser applications. We show full calculations of the expected backgrounds and beam parameters which suggest that single pair events can be reliably generated and detected. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7bd4189d97da4bb1b5b1e262c188cf8d2023-08-08T15:39:25ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302021-01-01231010500210.1088/1367-2630/ac2921Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regimeF C Salgado0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-9370K Grafenstein1A Golub2A Döpp3A Eckey4D Hollatz5C Müller6A Seidel7D Seipt8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3695-0051S Karsch9M Zepf10Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena , Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany; Helmholtz-Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, GermanyCentre for Advanced Laser Applications, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Am Coulombwall 1, 85748 Garching, Germany; Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik , Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, GermanyInstitut für Theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, GermanyCentre for Advanced Laser Applications, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Am Coulombwall 1, 85748 Garching, Germany; Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik , Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, GermanyInstitut für Theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, GermanyInstitut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena , Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany; Helmholtz-Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, GermanyInstitut für Theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, GermanyInstitut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena , Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany; Helmholtz-Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, GermanyInstitut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena , Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany; Helmholtz-Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, GermanyCentre for Advanced Laser Applications, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Am Coulombwall 1, 85748 Garching, Germany; Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik , Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, GermanyInstitut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena , Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany; Helmholtz-Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, GermanyThe interaction of light with the quantum-vacuum is predicted to give rise to some of the most fundamental and exotic processes in modern physics, which remain untested in the laboratory to date. Electron–positron pair production from a pure vacuum target, which has yet to be observed experimentally, is possibly the most iconic. The advent of ultra-intense lasers and laser accelerated GeV electron beams provide an ideal platform for the experimental realisation. Collisions of high energy γ -ray photons derived from the GeV electrons and intense laser fields result in detectable pair production rates at field strengths that approach and exceed the Schwinger limit in the centre-of-momentum frame. A detailed experiment has been designed to be implemented at the ATLAS laser at the centre of advanced laser applications. We show full calculations of the expected backgrounds and beam parameters which suggest that single pair events can be reliably generated and detected.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac2921strong-field QEDpair-creationsingle-particle detectionCherenkov calorimeterBreit–Wheeler process |
| spellingShingle | F C Salgado K Grafenstein A Golub A Döpp A Eckey D Hollatz C Müller A Seidel D Seipt S Karsch M Zepf Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regime New Journal of Physics strong-field QED pair-creation single-particle detection Cherenkov calorimeter Breit–Wheeler process |
| title | Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regime |
| title_full | Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regime |
| title_fullStr | Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regime |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regime |
| title_short | Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regime |
| title_sort | towards pair production in the non perturbative regime |
| topic | strong-field QED pair-creation single-particle detection Cherenkov calorimeter Breit–Wheeler process |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac2921 |
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