Polarized QED cascades

Seipt, Daniel; Ridgers, Christopher P.; Del Sorbo, Dario; Thomas, Alec R.

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/abf584

Title: Polarized QED cascades

Journal Article · Tue May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · New Journal of Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abf584· OSTI ID:1808882

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Helmholtz Institute, Jena (Germany); GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Univ. of York (United Kingdom)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

By taking the spin and polarization of the electrons, positrons and photons into account in the strong-field QED processes of nonlinear Compton emission and pair production, we find that the growth rate of QED cascades in ultra-intense laser fields can be substantially reduced. While this means that fewer particles are produced, we also found them to be highly polarized. We further find that the high-energy tail of the particle spectra is polarized opposite to that expected from Sokolov–Ternov theory, which cannot be explained by just taking into account spin-asymmetries in the pair production process, but results significantly from 'spin-straggling'. We employ a kinetic equation approach for the electron, positron and photon distributions, each of them spin/polarization-resolved, with the QED effects of photon emission and pair production modelled by a spin/polarization dependent Boltzmann-type collision operator. For photon-seeded cascades, depending on the photon polarization, we find an excess or a shortage of particle production in the early stages of cascade development, which provides a path towards a controlled experiment. Throughout this paper we focus on rotating electric field configuration, which represent an idealized model and allows for a straightforward interpretation of the observed effects.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Army Research Office (ARO); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); National Science Foundation (NSF); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; W911NF-16-1-0044; FA9550-16-1-0121; 1804463; EP/M018156/1

OSTI ID:: 1808882

Journal Information:: New Journal of Physics, Vol. 23, Issue 5; ISSN 1367-2630

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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