Monte Carlo calculations of pair production in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions

Abstract

Gamma-ray and electron-positron pair production will figure prominently in laser-plasma experiments with next generation lasers. Using a Monte Carlo approach we show that straggling effects arising from the finite recoil an electron experiences when it emits a high energy photon, increase the number of pairs produced on further interaction with the laser fields.

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• Prolific pair production with high-power lasers
• Limitations on the attainable intensity of high power lasers
• Pair production in counter-propagating laser beams
• Strong signatures of radiation reaction below the radiation dominated regime
• Emission and its back-reaction accompanying electron motion in relativistically strong and QED-strong pulsed laser fields

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