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Resummation of the $\alpha$ expansion for nonlinear pair production

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-07-12 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show how to resum the Furry-picture α\alpha expansion in order to take quantum radiation reaction and spin transition into account in the nonlinear trident process in (pulsed) plane-wave background fields. The results are therefore nontrivial functions of both the background field strength, eEeE, and the coupling to the quantized photon field, α=e2/4π\alpha=e^2/4\pi. The effective expansion parameter, TT, is α\alpha times eE/mω1eE/m\omega\gg1, which makes higher orders important. We show that they can change the sign of the spin dependent part already at T<1T<1, which will be experimentally accessible.

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@article{arxiv.2207.05031,
  title  = {Resummation of the $\alpha$ expansion for nonlinear pair production},
  author = {Greger Torgrimsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.05031},
  year   = {2022}
}

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12 pages, 6 figures