SPACE-TIME RESOLVED BREIT-WHEELER PROCESS FOR A MODEL SYSTEM
Publication Date
4-5-2019
Document Type
Poster
Degree Type
Undergraduate
Department
Physics
Mentor
Rainer Grobe
Mentor Department
Physics
Abstract
We study the creation process of an electron-positron pair as a result of the collision between two incoming photons with full spatial and temporal resolution. The dynamics of the four involved particles is described by a simplified model based on a Yukawa Hamiltonian in one spatial dimension. Consistent with lowest order perturbation theory, since only sets of four intermediate off-resonant states facilitate the coupling between the initial and final scattering states, we can adiabatically eliminate them leading to an analytical solution. This work [1] has been supported by the NSF, NSFC and Research Corporation. [1] Y. Lu, T. Xi, N. Christensen, Q. Su and R. Grobe, Phys. Rev. A (to be submitted).
Recommended Citation
Comben, Sean, "SPACE-TIME RESOLVED BREIT-WHEELER PROCESS FOR A MODEL SYSTEM" (2019). University Research Symposium. 310.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/rsp_urs/310