TY - JOUR
T1 - Electron-positron plasma drop formed by ultra-intense laser pulses
AU - Kuznetsova, Inga
AU - Rafelski, Johann
PY - 2012/4/10
Y1 - 2012/4/10
N2 - We study the initial properties and positron annihilation within a small electron-positron plasma drop formed by intense laser pulse energy. Such QED cascade generated plasma is, in general, far below the chemical (particle yield) equilibrium. We find that the available electrons and positrons equilibrate kinetically, yet despite relatively high particle density, the electron-positron annihilation is very slow, suggesting a rather long life span of the plasma drop.
AB - We study the initial properties and positron annihilation within a small electron-positron plasma drop formed by intense laser pulse energy. Such QED cascade generated plasma is, in general, far below the chemical (particle yield) equilibrium. We find that the available electrons and positrons equilibrate kinetically, yet despite relatively high particle density, the electron-positron annihilation is very slow, suggesting a rather long life span of the plasma drop.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.085014
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.085014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860196412
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 85
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 8
M1 - 085014
ER -