2D Monte Carlo simulation of cascades in rotating electrical field

M. V. Legkov; A. M. Fedotov; N. Elkina; H. Ruhl

doi:10.1117/12.881026

17 February 2011 2D Monte Carlo simulation of cascades in rotating electrical field

M. V. Legkov, A. M. Fedotov, N. Elkina, H. Ruhl

Proceedings Volume 7994, LAT 2010: International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies; 799423 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881026
Event: International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics (ICONO 2010) and International Conference on Lasers, Applications and Technologies (LAT 2010), 2010, Kazan, Russian Federation

Abstract

Results of 2DMonte-Carlo simulations of development of QED cascades in intense uniformly rotating electric field are presented. We consider cascades produced by initially slow electrons. It is shown that under such conditions stable cascade development starts at field strength of the order of 1% of the QED critical field 5 × 10²⁹W/cm². The cascade yield is growing exponentially in time. Several characteristics of cascade, including average energy of particles and their mean free path times are computed. Our results are in good agreement with recent estimations [A. M. Fedotov et al., PRL 105, 080402 (2010)].

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M. V. Legkov, A. M. Fedotov, N. Elkina, and H. Ruhl "2D Monte Carlo simulation of cascades in rotating electrical field", Proc. SPIE 7994, LAT 2010: International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies, 799423 (17 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881026

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