Radiation back-reaction and pair creation in the interaction of QED-strong laser fields with electron beams

Natalia M. Naumova; Igor V. Sokolov; John A. Nees; Gérard A. Mourou

doi:10.1117/12.881788

17 February 2011 Radiation back-reaction and pair creation in the interaction of QED-strong laser fields with electron beams

Natalia M. Naumova, Igor V. Sokolov, John A. Nees, Gérard A. Mourou

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Proceedings Volume 7994, LAT 2010: International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies; 799424 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881788
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

Electron-positron pair creation is among the QED-effects known to occur in a strong laser pulse interaction with a counter-propagating electron beam. In this regime multiple pairs may be generated from a single beam electron, some of the newborn particles being capable of further pair production. Radiation back-reaction prevents avalanche development and limits pair creation. The system of integro-differential kinetic equations for electrons, positrons and γ-photons is solved numerically.

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Natalia M. Naumova, Igor V. Sokolov, John A. Nees, and Gérard A. Mourou "Radiation back-reaction and pair creation in the interaction of QED-strong laser fields with electron beams", Proc. SPIE 7994, LAT 2010: International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies, 799424 (17 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881788

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