Dense GeV electron–positron pairs generated by lasers in near-critical-density plasmas

High power lasers can produce electron-positron pairs at GeV energies, but doing so through laser–laser collisions would require exceedingly high intensities. Here the authors present an all-optical scheme for pair production by irradiating near-critical-density plasmas with two counter-propagating...

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Auteurs principaux: Xing-Long Zhu, Tong-Pu Yu, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Yan Yin, Ion Cristian Edmond Turcu, Alexander Pukhov
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/c1ac1ce934c64ed3b817365ccbd36e3b
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