LUXE: A new experiment to study non-perturbative QED in $e^-$-laser and $\gamma$-laser collisions
Abstract
The LUXE experiment (Laser Und XFEL Experiment) is a new experiment in planning at DESY Hamburg using the electron beam of the European XFEL. At LUXE, the aim is to study collisions between a high-intensity optical laser and up to GeV electrons from the Eu.XFEL electron beam, or, alternatively, high-energy secondary photons. The physics objectives of LUXE are to measure processes of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) at the strong-field frontier, where QED is non-perturbative. This manifests itself in the creation of physical electron-positron pairs from the QED vacuum. LUXE intends to measure the positron production rate in a new physics regime at an unprecedented laser intensity. Additionally, the high-intensity Compton photon beam of LUXE can be used to search for physics beyond the Standard Model.
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@article{arxiv.2206.00403,
title = {LUXE: A new experiment to study non-perturbative QED in $e^-$-laser and $\gamma$-laser collisions},
author = {Ruth Jacobs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.00403},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Contribution to the 2022 EW session of the 56th Rencontres de Moriond. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2205.06096