Optical physics: Antimatter creation in an X-ray bath
Abstract
Laser systems designed for fusion research are able to produce a high density of X-ray photons in a metal cavity. Scientists have now proposed that this environment could be used to create matter from light and test a fundamental prediction of quantum electrodynamics.
- Publication:
-
Nature Photonics
- Pub Date:
- June 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nphoton.2014.118
- Bibcode:
- 2014NaPho...8..429T