Possibility of prolific pair production with high-power lasers.
Prolific electron-positron pair production is possible at laser intensities approaching 10;{24} W cm;{-2} at a wavelength of 1 mum. An analysis of electron trajectories and interactions at the nodes (B=0) of two counterpropagating, circularly polarized laser beams shows that a cascade of gamma rays...
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| description | Prolific electron-positron pair production is possible at laser intensities approaching 10;{24} W cm;{-2} at a wavelength of 1 mum. An analysis of electron trajectories and interactions at the nodes (B=0) of two counterpropagating, circularly polarized laser beams shows that a cascade of gamma rays and pairs develops. The geometry is generalized qualitatively to linear polarization and laser beams incident on a solid target. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:69f6548b-0db5-485b-a2b6-a32583f791892022-03-26T18:54:27ZPossibility of prolific pair production with high-power lasers.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:69f6548b-0db5-485b-a2b6-a32583f79189EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Bell, AKirk, JProlific electron-positron pair production is possible at laser intensities approaching 10;{24} W cm;{-2} at a wavelength of 1 mum. An analysis of electron trajectories and interactions at the nodes (B=0) of two counterpropagating, circularly polarized laser beams shows that a cascade of gamma rays and pairs develops. The geometry is generalized qualitatively to linear polarization and laser beams incident on a solid target. |
| spellingShingle | Bell, A Kirk, J Possibility of prolific pair production with high-power lasers. |
| title | Possibility of prolific pair production with high-power lasers. |
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| title_short | Possibility of prolific pair production with high-power lasers. |
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