Modelling gamma-ray photon emission and pair production in high-intensity laser-matter interactions
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DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2013.12.007zbMATH Open1349.82152arXiv1311.5551OpenAlexW1972284443MaRDI QIDQ348784FDOQ348784
J. G. Kirk, T. G. Blackburn, A. R. Bell, Roland Duclous, T. D. Arber, C. P. Ridgers, Katherine Bennett, C. S. Brady
Publication date: 5 December 2016
Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: In high-intensity (> 10^21W/cm^2) laser-matter interactions gamma-ray photon emission by the electrons can strongly affect the electron's dynamics and copious numbers of electron-positron pairs can be produced by the emitted photons. We show how these processes can be included in simulations by coupling a Monte-Carlo algorithm describing the emission to a particle-in-cell code. The Monte-Carlo algorithm includes quantum corrections to the photon emission, which we show must be included if the pair production rate is to be correctly determined. The accuracy, convergence and energy conservation properties of the Monte-Carlo algorithm are analysed in simple test problems.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.5551
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