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8 June 2023 All-optical nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production with gamma-flash photons (Conference Presentation)
Alexander Macleod, Prokopis Hadjisolomou, Tae Moon Jeong, Sergei V. Bulanov
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Proceedings Volume PC12580, Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers V; PC1258002 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665777
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic
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All-optical nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production with gamma-flash photons High-power laser facilities give experimental access to fundamental strong-field quantum electrodynamics processes. A key effect to be explored is the nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process: the conversion of high-energy photons into electron-positron pairs through the interaction with a strong electromagnetic field. A major challenge to observing nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production experimentally is first having a suitable source of high-energy photons. We outline a simple all-optical setup which efficiently generates photons through the so-called gamma-flash mechanism by irradiating a solid target with a high-power laser. We consider the collision of these photons with a secondary laser, and systematically discuss the prospects for exploring the nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process at current and next-generation high-power laser facilities.
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Alexander Macleod, Prokopis Hadjisolomou, Tae Moon Jeong, and Sergei V. Bulanov "All-optical nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production with gamma-flash photons (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE PC12580, Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers V, PC1258002 (8 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665777
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KEYWORDS
Photons
High power lasers
Electromagnetism
Laser applications
Pulsed laser operation
Energy efficiency
Laser energy
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