Generation of polarized positron beams via collisions of ultrarelativistic electron beams
A scheme is proposed for generating a polarized positron beam via multiphoton Breit-Wheeler process during the collision of a 10-GeV-level, 20-pC seeding electron beam with a second 10-GeV, multi-nC driving electron beam. The high-density driving beam with the length and transverse size less than 1...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Research |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033245 |
| Summary: | A scheme is proposed for generating a polarized positron beam via multiphoton Breit-Wheeler process during the collision of a 10-GeV-level, 20-pC seeding electron beam with a second 10-GeV, multi-nC driving electron beam. The high-density driving beam with the length and transverse size less than 1 μm provides a strong self-generated field. The field experienced by the seeding beam can be unipolar by incorporating a proper impact parameter, which is crucial to realizing the positron polarization. We employ semiclassical Monte Carlo simulations to calculate the spin- and polarization-resolved photon emission and electron-positron pair production in the locally constant-field approximation. The simulation results show that a highly polarized positron beam with a polarization degree above 40% can be generated in several femtoseconds, which is robust against the beam parameters. The positron polarization degree can be further increased to 60% provided the seeding beam is initially polarized. |
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| ISSN: | 2643-1564 |