Muon pair creation from positronium in a linearly polarized laser field

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Müller, Carsten ^a   Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z ^a   Keitel, Christoph H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION RATES;

LASER INTENSITIES; LINEAR POLARIZATION; LINEARLY POLARIZED LASER FIELDS; NEAR INFRA-RED; SUPERINTENSE LASER FIELD;

LASERS;

EID: 51749097294     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.033408     Document Type: Article

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