Pulse envelope effects in nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair-creation
arXiv:2109.00555 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.096019
Abstract
The effect of the pulse envelope on electron-positron pair creation in a circularly-polarised laser pulse is investigated. Interference on the length scale of the pulse envelope, and smoothness of the pulse edges are found to influence the pair spectrum. A toy model of a flat-top pulse is used to identify pulse envelope effects inaccessible to local approaches. Broadening of channel openings and a widening of the energy and transverse momentum distribution of the pair are found to receive contributions that are below the local harmonic threshold. By comparing pair yields in a flat-top, sine-squared and Gaussian pulse, a link between pulse shape and photon-polarised Breit-Wheeler is found. In the transverse momentum distribution, a signal of pulse envelope interference is found in an azimuthal asymmetry, which appears in intense fields and persists in long pulses.
arXiv comment11 pages, 9 figures
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