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View SchemaTemporary Acceleration of Electrons While Inside an Intense Electromagnetic Pulse
| Authors | Kirk T. McDonald, Konstantine Shmakov |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0003073 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0003073 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.2.121301 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.ST Accel.Beams 2:121301,1999 |
Abstract
A free electron can temporarily gain a very significant amount of energy if it is overrun by an intense electromagnetic wave. In principle, this process would permit large enhancements in the center-of-mass energy of electron-electron, electron-positron and electron-photon interactions if these take place in the presence of an intense laser beam. Practical considerations severely limit the utility of this concept for contemporary lasers incident on relativistic electrons. A more accessible laboratory phenomenon is electron-positron production via an intense laser beam incident on a gas. Intense electromagnetic pulses of astrophysical origin can lead to very energetic photons via bremsstrahlung of temporarily accelerated electrons.
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