[HTML][HTML] SFQEDtoolkit: a high-performance library for the accurate modeling of strong-field QED processes in PIC and Monte Carlo codes

S Montefiori, M Tamburini - Computer Physics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Strong-field quantum electrodynamics (SFQED) processes are central in determining the
dynamics of particles and plasmas in extreme electromagnetic fields such as those present …

Optical analogs of pair production and annihilation in binary waveguide arrays with a linearly shifted straight section

TX Tran, HM Nguyen, DC Duong - Annals of Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We systematically investigate the optical analogs of the e− e+ pair production and
annihilation phenomena which can take place simultaneously in a binary waveguide array …

Magnetic pinching of relativistic particle beams: a new approach to strong-field QED physics

XL Zhu, WY Liu, M Chen, SM Weng, D Wu… - New Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is a foundation of modern physics, yet access to the strong-
field QED regime in the laboratory remains a formidable challenge. Currently, high-power …

Signatures for strong-field QED in the quantum limit of beamstrahlung

WL Zhang, T Grismayer, LO Silva - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Signatures for strong-field quantum electrodynamics are determined for collisions between
round ultrarelativistic leptonic beams in the quantum limit of beamstrahlung. In the low …

Dense polarized positrons from beam-solid interaction

XL Zhu, WY Liu, TP Yu, M Chen, SM Weng… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Relativistic positron sources with high spin polarization have important applications in
nuclear and particle physics and many frontier fields. However, it is challenging to produce …

Phase control of nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair creation

B Barbosa, M Vranic, K Weichman, D Ramsey… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Electron-positron pair creation occurs throughout the universe in the environments of
extreme astrophysical objects, such as pulsar magnetospheres and black hole accretion …

[HTML][HTML] Creating and detecting observable QED plasmas through beam-driven cascade

K Qu, NJ Fisch - Physics of Plasmas, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum electrodynamic (QED) plasmas, describing the intricate interplay of strong-field
QED and collective pair plasma effects, play pivotal roles in astrophysical settings like those …

Generation of relativistic polarized electron beams via collective beam-target interactions

XL Zhu, M Chen, WM Wang, ZM Sheng - arxiv preprint arxiv:2408.05768, 2024 - arxiv.org
Relativistic polarized electron beams can find applications in broad areas of fundamental
physics. Here, we propose for the first time that electron spin polarization can be realized …

Reconstructing Gamma-ray Energy Distributions from PEDRO Pair Spectrometer Data

M Yadav, MH Oruganti, B Naranjo, G Andonian… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Photons emitted from high-energy electron beam interactions with high-field systems, such
as the upcoming FACET-II experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, may …

Modelling and analyzing strong-field effects in quantum plasma

H Al-Naseri - 2023 - diva-portal.org
Under the extreme conditions that can be found around dense stars and in the accretion
discs of black holes, several strong-field quantum phenomena dominate the dynamics of the …