Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions.
It is possible using current high-intensity laser facilities to reach the quantum radiation reaction regime for energetic electrons. An experiment using a wakefield accelerator to drive GeV electrons into a counterpropagating laser pulse would demonstrate the increase in the yield of high-energy pho...
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| author | Blackburn, T Ridgers, C Kirk, J Bell, A |
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| description | It is possible using current high-intensity laser facilities to reach the quantum radiation reaction regime for energetic electrons. An experiment using a wakefield accelerator to drive GeV electrons into a counterpropagating laser pulse would demonstrate the increase in the yield of high-energy photons caused by the stochastic nature of quantum synchrotron emission: we show that a beam of 10(9) 1 GeV electrons colliding with a 30 fs laser pulse of intensity 10(22) W cm(-2) will emit 6300 photons with energy greater than 700 MeV, 60× the number predicted by classical theory. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b4aa9c15-e231-48d5-9d97-8ae6133ebdb62022-03-27T04:27:55ZQuantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b4aa9c15-e231-48d5-9d97-8ae6133ebdb6EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2014Blackburn, TRidgers, CKirk, JBell, AIt is possible using current high-intensity laser facilities to reach the quantum radiation reaction regime for energetic electrons. An experiment using a wakefield accelerator to drive GeV electrons into a counterpropagating laser pulse would demonstrate the increase in the yield of high-energy photons caused by the stochastic nature of quantum synchrotron emission: we show that a beam of 10(9) 1 GeV electrons colliding with a 30 fs laser pulse of intensity 10(22) W cm(-2) will emit 6300 photons with energy greater than 700 MeV, 60× the number predicted by classical theory. |
| spellingShingle | Blackburn, T Ridgers, C Kirk, J Bell, A Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions. |
| title | Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions. |
| title_full | Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions. |
| title_fullStr | Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions. |
| title_short | Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions. |
| title_sort | quantum radiation reaction in laser electron beam collisions |
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