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

Abstract

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 105 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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Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1493957
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OSTI ID: 1612125
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0014260
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Journal Volume: 22 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9888
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Physics

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Del Gaudio, F., Grismayer, T., Fonseca, R. A., Mori, W. B., and Silva, L. O. Bright γ rays source and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pairs in the collision of high density particle beams. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.023402.
Del Gaudio, F., Grismayer, T., Fonseca, R. A., Mori, W. B., & Silva, L. O. Bright γ rays source and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pairs in the collision of high density particle beams. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.023402
Del Gaudio, F., Grismayer, T., Fonseca, R. A., Mori, W. B., and Silva, L. O. Fri . "Bright γ rays source and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pairs in the collision of high density particle beams". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.023402.
@article{osti_1493957,
title = {Bright γ rays source and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pairs in the collision of high density particle beams},
author = {Del Gaudio, F. and Grismayer, T. and Fonseca, R. A. and Mori, W. B. and Silva, L. O.},
abstractNote = {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 1027 ph/s mm2 mrad20.1%BW and up to 105 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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.023402},
journal = {Physical Review Accelerators and Beams},
number = 2,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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