Prospect of Studying Nonperturbative QED with Beam-Beam Collisions
Abstract
We demonstrate the experimental feasibility of probing the fully nonperturbative regime of quantum electrodynamics with a 100 GeV-class particle collider. By using tightly compressed and focused electron beams, beamstrahlung radiation losses can be mitigated, allowing the particles to experience extreme electromagnetic fields. Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations confirm the viability of this approach. The experimental forefront envisaged has the potential to establish a novel research field and to stimulate the development of a new theoretical methodology for this yet unexplored regime of strong-field quantum electrodynamics.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.190404
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1807.09271
- Bibcode:
- 2019PhRvL.122s0404Y
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Plasma Physics;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Physics - Accelerator Physics
- E-Print:
- Main paper: 7 pages 4 figures, 1 table