High Energy Photon-Photon Colliders
Abstract
Using the laser backscattering method at future TeV linear colliders one can obtain gamma-gamma and electron-gamma colliding beams (photon colliders) with the energy and luminosity comparable to that in e+e- collisions. Now this option is included to conceptual designs of linear colliders. This paper (talk at the conference on nonlinear optics) is a short introduction to this field with an emphasis on required lasers which can be used both for e -> gamma conversion and for preparation of electron beams (photoguns, laser cooling), some interesting nonlinear QED effects in a strong field which apply restrictions on parameters of photon colliders are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/9710014,
title = {High Energy Photon-Photon Colliders},
author = {Valery Telnov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9710014},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
18 pages, Latex, 8 figures(eps), submitted to Proceedings of XI International Vavilov's Conference on nonlinear optics, Novosibirsk, June 24-28, 1997