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1 High-energy collision processes involving intense laser fields Carsten Müller Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Theory Division (Christoph H. Keitel), Heidelberg, Germany EMMI Workshop: Particle dynamics under extreme matter conditions, Speyer, 28 September 2010
2 Outline Introduction: Ways to reach the MeV energy level with laser fields e+e- pair creation in laser-particle beam collisions Exotic atoms in very intense laser fields: + - pair creation and nuclear effects Laser-assisted relativistic electron-ion recombination Summary
3 Introduction
4 Typical energy scales in laser physics Photon energy ℏ Electric work Ponderomotive energy ee r Up= e2e2/4m 2 Efficient coupling of a laser field with a quantized system is possible when its level spacing compares with one of these scales: ~ ℏ ~ ee r ~ Up Resonant (multiphoton) transition Quasistatic tunneling process Fast electron-induced reaction
5 Typical energy scales in laser physics Photon energy ℏ Electric work Ponderomotive energy ee r Up= e2e2/4m 2 Efficient coupling of a laser field with a quantized system is possible when its level spacing compares with one of these scales: ~ ℏ ~ ee r ~ Up Resonant (multiphoton) transition Quasistatic tunneling process Fast electron-induced reaction Pioneering experiments on nuclear reactions (Ditmire/Ledingham/Umstadter) and pair creation (Cowan/Kühl/Chen) where ~ 1 MeV have relied on high Up of secondary electrons
6 Direct laser-induced e+e- pair creation distinguished by parameter = ee / mc2 positive continuum = 2mc 2 Pair creation requires Nħ ~ mc2 ~ 1 MeV multiphoton regime 1, rate ~ 2N ~ I N or negative continuum E ~ Ecr = mc2/eλc 1016 V/cm tunneling regime 1, rate ~ exp(-ecr/e ) The available frequencies (ħ XUV~ 100eV) and field strengths (EPW~ 1012 V/cm) are by 4 orders of magnitude too small...
7 + - e e pair production in laser-particle beam collisions
8 Relativistic particle beam colliding with laser pulse Particle Exploit relativistic Doppler shift lab frame: ħ 100 ev, E 1012 V/cm rest frame: ħ ' and E' enhanced by 2
9 Relativistic particle beam colliding with laser pulse SLAC experiment: 46 GeV electron + optical laser pulse (D. Burke et al., PRL 1997) Particle Exploit relativistic Doppler shift lab frame: ħ 100 ev, E 1012 V/cm rest frame: ħ ' and E' enhanced by 2 Pairs were produced in two-step process through an intermediate high-energy Compton photon: C + n e+e- (nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process)
10 Relativistic particle beam colliding with laser pulse SLAC experiment: 46 GeV electron + optical laser pulse (D. Burke et al., PRL 1997) Particle Exploit relativistic Doppler shift lab frame: ħ 100 ev, E 1012 V/cm rest frame: ħ ' and E' enhanced by 2 For heavy projectiles such as nuclei Compton channel strongly suppressed and pairs would be produced directly by nuclear Coulomb field: Z + n Z + e e + - (nonlinear Bethe-Heitler process) Pairs were produced in two-step process through an intermediate high-energy Compton photon: C + n e+e- (nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process)
11 Laser-dressed QED approach to trident pair creation exchange diagram Furry-Feynman diagrams: Sfi In the presence of the laser field, the intermediate photon may reach the mass shell: 2 2 k' = (q q' + nk) = 0 In this case, the second-order diagram decays into two first-order diagrams, which describe the consecutive two-step mechanism via Compton emission.
12 Transition from perturbative to nonperturbative regime 46.6 GeV electron beam collides with 527 nm laser beam perturbative domain SLAC experiment nonperturbative domain
13 All-optical setup for laser-induced pair creation 1 GeV electrons produced via laser wake-field acceleration in plasmas [Leemans et al., Nature Phys. (2006)]. Combine laser-accelerated electron beam with second counter-propagating laser pulse: All-optical realization of SLAC experiment to probe the tunneling regime Hu, Müller & Keitel, PRL 105, (2010)
14 Nonlinear Bethe-Heitler pair creation by ultrarelativistic proton impact on an XUV laser beam Attosecond laser sources based on high-harmonic generation deliver ℏ 100 ev at focused intensities of 1014 W/cm2 Large Hadron Collider ( ~ )
15 Nonlinear Bethe-Heitler pair creation by ultrarelativistic proton impact on an XUV laser beam Attosecond laser sources based on high-harmonic generation deliver ℏ 100 ev at focused intensities of 1014 W/cm2 ℏ ' ~ 1 MeV E' ~ 10-4 Ecr Large Hadron Collider ( ~ ) Two-photon Bethe-Heitler pair creation becomes feasible in this setup: About one event per second, when a bunch of 1011 Pb ions collides with attosecond-pulse trains of 30 fs duration at 10 khz rep rate. C. Müller, Phys. Lett. B 672, 56 (2009)
16 Exotic atoms in very intense laser fields
17 The concept of laser-driven recollisions in atomic physics Corkum & Krausz, Nature Phys Recollision can lead to scattering (ATI)... double ionization (NSDI)... recombination (HHG)
18 Exotic atoms in very intense laser fields: a + - pair creation from laser-driven positronium
19 + e e collisions from laser-driven positronium Due to identical charge-to-mass ratios dynamical response of Ps unique: High-energy reactions by laser-driven e+e collisions: muon production (Mc 2 = 106 MeV) Henrich, Hatsagortsyan & Keitel, PRL 93, (2004) ee =2Mc 2, I W/cm2 at = 1 m pion production (Mc 2 = 140 MeV)
20 Laser-Driven Colliders Positronium atom in two counterpropagating laser waves: Recolliding wave packets may be microscopically small ~1Å Process observable at high Ps density and laser rep rate Hatsagortsyan, Müller & Keitel, Europhys. Lett. 76, 29 (2006); PRA 78, (2008) luminosity enhancement due to coherent component:
21 A numerical example Ps gas density = 1015 cm-3 [Cassidy et al., PRL 95, (2005)] Laser pulses of 1023 W/cm2, 100 fs duration, 10 m focus, 1 khz rep rate Luminosity ℒ ~ 1028 cm-2s-1 Event rate R ~ 1/min ( ~ cm2) These numbers are comparable with those at large-scale accelerators. Muon creation in electron-positron-photon plasma also considered in: I. Kuznetsova, D. Habs, and J. Rafelski, Phys. Rev. D 78, (2008) M. H. Thoma, Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 959 (2009)
22 Exotic atoms in very intense laser fields: b) Nuclear effects in laser-driven muonic atoms
23 Nuclear effects in HHG from muonic atoms Muonic atoms very compact due to large muon mass M = 207m e- p Muonic hydrogen
24 Nuclear effects in HHG from muonic atoms Muonic atoms very compact due to large muon mass M = 207m e- p Muonic hydrogen cutoff = 80 kev Need to consider relative motion; cutoff determined by reduced mass Up = e2e2 / 4 2Mred HHG spectra of muonic hydrogen and deuterium at 60 ev and 1023 W/cm2 (ELI)
25 Nuclear effects in HHG from muonic atoms Muonic atoms very compact due to large muon mass M = 207m e- p Muonic hydrogen cutoff = 80 kev Need to consider relative motion; cutoff determined by reduced mass Up = e2e2 / 4 2Mred HHG spectra of muonic hydrogen and deuterium at 60 ev and 1023 W/cm2 (ELI) Shahbaz, Bürvenich & Müller, PRA 82, (2010)
26 Laser-assisted relativistic electron-ion recombination
27 Radiative electron-ion recombination free electron Photon energy = kin + bind What happens when the system is subject to a strong laser field?
28 Radiative electron-ion recombination free electron Photon energy = kin + bind What happens when the system is subject to a strong laser field? Quantum mechanical amplitude: bound Coulomb state Interaction term W = A with Volkov state
29 Beam geometry Emitted -photon Electron beam Ion Laser beam
30 Energy spectrum of emitted photons Z = 50 (bare Sn) Ei = 4.7 MeV ℏ = 1.5 ev I = 4 x 1018 W/cm2 GSI)
31 Energy spectrum of emitted photons Z = 50 (bare Sn) Ei = 4.7 MeV ℏ = 1.5 ev I = 4 x 1018 W/cm2 GSI)
32 Energy spectrum of emitted photons Z = 50 (bare Sn) Ei = 4.7 MeV ℏ = 1.5 ev I = 4 x 1018 W/cm2 GSI) laser phase energy of incoming electron is modulated by the field:
33 Angular spectrum of emitted photons field free field assisted left wing right wing Müller, Voitkiv & Najjari, JPB 42, (2009)
34 Summary All-optical e+e- pair creation via laser-accelerated electron colliding with second laser beam (two-step process) Multiphoton Bethe-Heitler pair creation in collisions of LHC proton beam with XUV laser pulse Muon pair creation feasible in the near future via strongly laserdriven positronium gas or e+e- plasma of very high density Nuclear signatures in the radiative response from laser-driven muonic atoms Characteristic photon spectra from laser-assisted electron-ion recombination Thank you for your attention!
35 Volkov states Dirac equation: classical plane wave Volkov solutions: } free solution
36 Theory of laser-driven muon creation Employ Volkov states in the usual amplitude for e+e + : Average over the momentum distribution (p) in the Ps ground state:
37 Coherent versus incoherent collisions incoherent coherent (a) conventional colliders: mean impact parameter ~ beam size Sb (b) laser-driven Ps: mean impact parameter can be microscopic ( ρ ~ Bohr radius a0 ) luminosity enhancement due to coherent component:
38 Comparison with HHG from highly charged ions Similar nuclear size effects in the HHG spectra may be expected when Rnuc/ Ratom of similar value, e.g. about 1% for: muonic He+ electronic U91+ e Mass scaling leads to Z-scaling leads to Ip = 10 kev Ip = 130 kev Eat = 1.8 x1015 V/cm Eat = 4 x1015 V/cm Higher laser frequencies and intensities must be applied to U91+.
39 Relativistic versus nonrelativistic spectra Z = 30 (bare Zn) nonrelativistic pi = 0.3 mc ℏ = 1.5 ev relativistic I = 4 x 1017 W/cm2
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