Quantum processes in short and intensive electromagnetic fields
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany)
- RCNP, Osaka (Japan)
This work provides an overview of our recent results in studying two most important and widely discussed quantum processes: electron-positron pairs production off a probe photon propagating through a polarized short-pulsed electromagnetic (e.g. laser) wave field or generalized Breit–Wheeler process, and a single a photon emission off an electron interacting with the laser pules, so-called non-linear Compton scattering. We show that the probabilities of particle production in both processes are determined by interplay of two dynamical effects, where the first one is related to the shape and duration of the pulse and the second one is non-linear dynamics of the interaction of charged fermions with a strong electromagnetic field. We elaborate suitable expressions for the production probabilities and cross sections, convenient for studying evolution of the plasma in presence of strong electromagnetic fields.
- OSTI ID:
- 22977448
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Particles and Nuclei, Journal Name: Physics of Particles and Nuclei Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 47; ISSN 1063-7796
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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