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We give a compact expression for the unpolarised differential cross section for muon-proton scattering in the one photon exchange approximation. The effect of adding the vacuum polarisation amplitude to the no-spin-flip amplitude for one…

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The linear Breit-Wheeler (LBW) process, mediated by photon-photon collisions, can emerge as the dominant pair production mechanism in the ultraintense laser-plasma interaction for laser intensities below $10^{23}~\rm W/cm^2$. Here, we…

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The interaction of two laser pulses in an underdense plasma has proven to be able to inject electrons in plasma waves, thus providing a stable and tunable source of electrons. Whereas previous works focused on the "beatwave" injection…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-02-12 C. Rechatin , J. Faure , A. Lifschitz , X. Davoine , E. Lefebvre , V. Malka

For a number of physical studies which are planned to be made with the next generation colliders, it is necessary to use polarized beams of both electrons and positrons. The problem of producing and acceleration of polarized electrons may…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. P. Potylitsyn

Emission of pairs of photons in the interface metal-dielectric under the laser excitation arising due to the time-dependent perturbation of the zero-point fluctuations of the electromagnetic field by photons of the laser is considered. The…

Optics · Physics 2014-05-16 Vladimir Hizhnyakov

Generation of ultrarelativistic polarized positrons during interaction of an ultrarelativistic electron beam with a counterpropagating two-color petawatt laser pulse is investigated theoretically. Our Monte Carlo simulation based on a…

We present a theoretical analysis of high-order harmonic generation from ion-atom collisions in the presence of linearly polarized intense laser pulses. Photons with frequencies significantly higher than in standard atomic high-harmonic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Manfred Lein , Jan M. Rost

Using the laser backscattering method at future TeV linear colliders one can obtain gamma-gamma and electron-gamma colliding beams (photon colliders) with the energy and luminosity comparable to that in e+e- collisions. Now this option is…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Valery Telnov

We review the theory for photon-photon scattering in vacuum, and some of the proposals for its experimental search, including the results of our recent works on the subject. We then describe a very simple and sensitive proposal of an…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniele Tommasini , Albert Ferrando , Humberto Michinel , Marcos Seco

The effects of coherently enhanced radiation reaction on the motion of subwavelength electron bunches in interaction with intense laser pulses are analyzed. The radiation reaction force behaves as a radiation pressure in the laser beam…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-02-17 P. W. Smorenburg , L. P. J. Kamp , G. A. Geloni , O. J. Luiten

Polarimetric experiments driven by the strong field of a circularly polarized laser wave can become a powerful tool to limit the parameter space of not yet detected hidden-photons and minicharged particles associated with extra U(1) gauge…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-10 Selym Villalba-Chávez , Carsten Müller

We present a study of two-particle correlation functions involving photons and neutral pions in proton-proton and lead-lead collisions at the LHC energy. The aim is to use these correlation functions to quantify the effects of the medium on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-04-16 Zouina Belghobsi

Absorption and dispersion of probe photons in the field of a high-intensity circularly polarized laser wave are investigated. The optical theorem is applied for determining the absorption coefficients in terms of the imaginary part of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-10-23 S. Villalba-Chávez , C. Müller

The photon emission by an ultrarelativistic charged particle in extremely strong magnetic field is analyzed, with vacuum polarization and photon recoil taken into account. The vacuum polarization is treated phenomenologically via refractive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-10-28 I. I. Artemenko , E. N. Nerush , I. Yu. Kostyukov

The phenomenon of electron-laser vacuum breakdown is the multiple cascade production of electron-positron pairs in head-on collision of a beam of relativistic electrons with an intense laser pulse. This effect was first predicted by the…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-17 Pavel Golovinski

Strong magnetic fields and plasmas are intrinsically linked in both terrestrial laboratory experiments and in space phenomena. One of the most profound consequences of that is the change in relationship between the frequency and the wave…

With the aid of large-scale three-dimensional QED-PIC simulations, we describe a realistic experimental configuration to measure collective effects that couple strong field quantum electrodynamics to plasma kinetics. For two counter…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Peng Zhang , A. G. R. Thomas , C. P. Ridgers

The dynamics of transient electric fields generated by the interaction of high intensity laser pulses with underdense plasmas has been studied experimentally with the proton projection imaging technique. The formation of a charged channel,…

Nondipole effects are ubiquitous and crucial in light-matter interaction. However, they are too weak to be directly observed. In strong-field physics, motion of electrons is mainly confined in transverse plane of light fields, which…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-03-07 Yankun Dou , Yiqi Fang , Peipei Ge , Yunquan Liu

The interaction of atomic clusters with short, intense pulses of laser light to form extremely hot, dense plasmas has attracted extensive experimental and theoretical interest. The high density of atoms within the cluster greatly enhances…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Zachary B. Walters , Robin Santra , Chris H. Greene