Nonlinear Bethe-Heitler pair creation with attosecond laser pulses at the LHC

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 672, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-60

  Müller, Carsten ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lepton antilepton pair creation; Multiphoton processes; Ultrashort laser pulses

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349112098     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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