Possibility of prolific pair production with high-power lasers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Bell, A R ^a,b   Kirk, John G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; PHOTONS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; COUNTERPROPAGATING; ELECTRON TRAJECTORIES; HIGH POWERS; LASER INTENSITIES; LINEAR POLARIZATIONS; PAIR PRODUCTIONS; SOLID TARGETS;

LASERS;

EID: 56249119528     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.200403     Document Type: Article

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