Bright γ rays source and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pairs in the collision of high density particle beams

Del Gaudio, F.; Grismayer, T.; Fonseca, R. A.; Mori, W. B.; Silva, L. O.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.023402

Title: Bright $γ$ rays source and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pairs in the collision of high density particle beams

Journal Article · Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.023402· OSTI ID:1493957

Del Gaudio, F.; Grismayer, T.; Fonseca, R. A.; Mori, W. B.; Silva, L. O.

The collision of ultrashort high-density $e^{-}$ or $e^{-}$ and $e^{+}$ beams at 10s of GeV, to be available at the FACET II and in laser wakefield accelerator experiments, can produce highly collimated $γ$ rays (few GeVs) with peak brilliance of $1 0^{27} ph / s {mm}^{2} {mrad}^{2} 0.1 % BW$ and up to $1 0^{5}$ nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pairs. We provide analytical estimates of the photon source properties and of the yield of secondary pairs, finding excellent agreement with full-scale 3D self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations that include quantum electrodynamics effects. Our results show that beam-beam collisions can be exploited as secondary sources of $γ$ rays and provide an alternative to beam-laser setups to probe quantum electrodynamics effects at the Schwinger limit.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0014260

OSTI ID:: 1493957

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Journal Information:: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Journal Name: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Vol. 22 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 2469-9888

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