Yoctosecond photon pulses from quark-gluon plasmas
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2010-05-28 v2
Abstract
Present ultra-fast laser optics is at the frontier between atto- and zeptosecond photon pulses, giving rise to unprecedented applications. We show that high-energetic photon pulses down to the yoctosecond timescale can be produced in heavy ion collisions. We focus on photons produced during the initial phase of the expanding quark-gluon plasma. We study how the time evolution and properties of the plasma may influence the duration and shape of the photon pulse. Prospects for achieving double peak structures suitable for pump-probe experiments at the yoctosecond timescale are discussed.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.4503,
title = {Yoctosecond photon pulses from quark-gluon plasmas},
author = {Andreas Ipp and Christoph H. Keitel and Jörg Evers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.4503},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures; final version as accepted by PRL