Quantum processes in short and intensive electromagnetic fields

Abstract

This work provides an overview of our recent results in studying two most important and widely discussed quantum processes: electron-positron pairs production off a probe photon propagating through a polarized short-pulsed electromagnetic (e.g.\ laser) wave field or generalized Breit-Wheeler process, and a single a photon emission off an electron interacting with the laser pules, so-called non-linear Compton scattering. We show that the probabilities of particle production in both processes are determined by interplay of two dynamical effects, where the first one is related to the shape and duration of the pulse and the second one is non-linear dynamics of the interaction of charged fermions with a strong electromagnetic field. We elaborate suitable expressions for the production probabilities and cross sections, convenient for studying evolution of the plasma in presence of strong electromagnetic fields

61 pages, 33 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1303.6487, arXiv:1408.1040

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• QED cascades induced by circularly polarized laser fields
• Nonlinear Compton scattering in ultra-short laser pulses
• Momentum signatures for Schwinger pair production in short laser pulses with a sub-cycle structure
• Pair production in counter-propagating laser beams
• Non-Linear Compton Scattering of Ultrashort and Ultraintense Laser Pulses
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• Compton Process in Intense Short Laser Pulses
• A Lorentz and gauge invariant measure of laser intensity
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• Laser pulse-shape dependence of Compton scattering

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• Laser pulse-length effects in trident pair production
• Non-Linear Compton Scattering in a Strong Rotating Electric Field
• Multi-photon regime of non-linear Breit-Wheeler and Compton processes in short linearly and circularly polarized laser pulses
• Semi-classical limitations for photon emission in strong external fields
• Strong-field Breit-Wheeler pair production with bremsstrahlung gamma-rays in the perturbative-to-nonperturbative transition regime
• Field induced phase transition in the few photon regime