Particle Production Reactions in Laser-Boosted Lepton Collisions
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2014-12-30 v2
Abstract
The need for ever higher energies in lepton colliders gives rise to the investigation of new accelerator schemes for elementary particle physics experiments. One perceivable way to increase the collision energy would be to combine conventional lepton acceleration with strong laser fields, making use of the momentum boost a charged particle experiences inside a plane electromagnetic wave. As an example for a process taking place in such a laser-boosted collision, Higgs boson creation is studied in detail. We further discuss other possible particle production processes that could be implemented in such a collider scheme and specify the required technical demands.
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@article{arxiv.1408.2991,
title = {Particle Production Reactions in Laser-Boosted Lepton Collisions},
author = {Sarah J. Müller and Christoph H. Keitel and Carsten Müller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2991},
year = {2014}
}
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16 pages, 17 figures