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Positronium decay in a circular polarized laser field

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-16 v1 Atomic Physics Plasma Physics

Abstract

We calculate the lifetime of both the o-Ps and the p-Ps positronium annihilation decay Psγγ Ps\to\gamma\gamma in the strong circular polarized laser field. We take a strategy of the factorization to separate the effects caused by the Coulomb interaction and the strong laser field interaction. It is factorized in the time direction but not in the space direction. Our results show that in the laser with long wavelength and high intensity, the lifetimes of those Ps states are dramatically increased. For CO2\rm CO_2 laser with 10μm10\, \mu m wavelength and 1013W/cm210^{13} W/cm^2 intensity, lifetime of the spin-single positronium is increased by 10810^8 times. Our result is consistent with those obtained by solving the Sch{\"{o}}dinger equation. This effect may be useful for the high harmonic generation(HHG) effects provided with the Ps\cite{keitel2004}.

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@article{arxiv.1305.6742,
  title  = {Positronium decay in a circular polarized laser field},
  author = {Yu-Qi Chen and Pei Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.6742},
  year   = {2015}
}

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submitted to Communications in Theoretical Physics

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