High-energy <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:math>-photon polarization in nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:math> polarimetry
Feng Wan, Yu Wang, Ren-Tong Guo, Yue-Yue Chen, Rashid Shaisultanov, Zhong-Feng Xu, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan, Christoph H. Keitel, Jian-Xing Li
Abstract
The authors elucidate the impact of intermediate photon polarization on the pair's yield in nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process, and propose a two-stage method to observe the signature of intermediate photon polarization.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsPolarization (electrochemistry)Pair productionNonlinear systemPhotonPolarimetryOpticsNonlinear opticsYield (engineering)Signature (topology)Photon polarizationInduced polarizationQuantum electrodynamicsQuantum mechanicsComputational physicsProduction (economics)Linear polarizationAtomic physicsLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsQuantum and Classical ElectrodynamicsLaser-Matter Interactions and Applications