nam 22 uu 4500 dbt_mods_00058142 10.1088/1367-2630/ac3048 doi dbt_mods_00058142 ger DE-601 rda eng 530 sdnb Kettle, B Author aut The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science,Imperial College London , London, SW7 2AZ,United Kingdom A laser–plasma platform for photon–photon physics: the two photon Breit–Wheeler process Kettle, B;Hollatz, D;Gerstmayr, E;Samarin, G M;Alejo, A;Astbury, S;Baird, C;Bohlen, S;Campbell, M;Colgan, C;Dannheim, D;Gregory, C;Harsh, H;Hatfield, P;Hinojosa, J;Katzir, Y;Morton, J;Murphy, C D;Nurnberg, A;Osterhoff, J;Pérez-Callejo, G;Põder, K;Rajeev, P P;Roedel, C;Roeder, F;Salgado, F C;Sarri, G;Seidel, A;Spannagel, S;Spindloe, C;Steinke, S;Streeter, M J V;Thomas, A G R;Underwood, C;Watt, R;Zepf, M;Rose, S J;Mangles, S P D 2021-11-03 19 Seiten text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Zweitveröffentlichung We describe a laser–plasma platform for photon–photon collision experiments to measure fundamental quantum electrodynamic processes. As an example we describe using this platform to attempt to observe the linear Breit–Wheeler process. The platform has been developed using the Gemini laser facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. A laser Wakefield accelerator and a bremsstrahlung convertor are used to generate a collimated beam of photons with energies of hundreds of MeV, that collide with keV x-ray photons generated by a laser heated plasma target. To detect the pairs generated by the photon–photon collisions, a magnetic transport system has been developed which directs the pairs onto scintillation-based and hybrid silicon pixel single particle detectors (SPDs). We present commissioning results from an experimental campaign using this laser–plasma platform for photon–photon physics, demonstrating successful generation of both photon sources, characterisation of the magnetic transport system and calibration of the SPDs, and discuss the feasibility of this platform for the observation of the Breit–Wheeler process. The design of the platform will also serve as the basis for the investigation of strong-field quantum electrodynamic processes such as the nonlinear Breit–Wheeler and the Trident process, or eventually, photon–photon scattering. QED LWFA Breit–Wheeler pair production laser–plasma photon–photon article Hollatz, D Author aut Helmholtz Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena,Germany Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik,Friedrich-Schiller-Universität , 07743 Jena,Germany (DE-588)1250532817 Gerstmayr, E Author aut The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science,Imperial College London , London, SW7 2AZ,United Kingdom Samarin, G M Author aut School of Mathematics and Physics,Queen’s University of Belfast , BT7 1NN, Belfast,United Kingdom Alejo, A Author aut School of Mathematics and Physics,Queen’s University of Belfast , BT7 1NN, Belfast,United Kingdom Astbury, S Author aut Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX,United Kingdom Baird, C Author aut Department of Physics,University of York , York, YO10 5DD,United Kingdom Bohlen, S Author aut Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg,Germany Campbell, M Author aut CERN , Geneva,Switzerland Colgan, C Author aut The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science,Imperial College London , London, SW7 2AZ,United Kingdom Dannheim, D Author aut CERN , Geneva,Switzerland Gregory, C Author aut Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX,United Kingdom Harsh, H Author aut Helmholtz Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena,Germany Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik,Friedrich-Schiller-Universität , 07743 Jena,Germany (DE-588)1328707741 Hatfield, P Author aut Department of Physics,University of Oxford , Oxford, OX1 3PU,United Kingdom Hinojosa, J Author aut Center for Ultrafast Optical Science,University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099,United States of America Katzir, Y Author aut Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX,United Kingdom Morton, J Author aut AWE Aldermaston, Reading RG7 4PR,United Kingdom Murphy, C D Author aut Department of Physics,University of York , York, YO10 5DD,United Kingdom Nurnberg, A Author aut CERN , Geneva,Switzerland Osterhoff, J Author aut Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg,Germany Pérez-Callejo, G Author aut Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA , Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence,France Põder, K Author aut Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg,Germany Rajeev, P P Author aut Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX,United Kingdom Roedel, C Author aut Helmholtz Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena,Germany Roeder, F Author aut Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik,Friedrich-Schiller-Universität , 07743 Jena,Germany (DE-588)1313837776 Salgado, F C Author aut Helmholtz Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena,Germany Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik,Friedrich-Schiller-Universität , 07743 Jena,Germany (DE-588)1281110922 Sarri, G Author aut School of Mathematics and Physics,Queen’s University of Belfast , BT7 1NN, Belfast,United Kingdom Seidel, A Author aut Helmholtz Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena,Germany Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik,Friedrich-Schiller-Universität , 07743 Jena,Germany (DE-588)1293417637 Spannagel, S Author aut Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg,Germany CERN , Geneva,Switzerland Spindloe, C Author aut Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX,United Kingdom Steinke, S Author aut Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720,United States of America Streeter, M J V Author aut School of Mathematics and Physics,Queen’s University of Belfast , BT7 1NN, Belfast,United Kingdom Physics Department,Lancaster University , Lancaster LA1 4YB,United Kingdom Thomas, A G R Author aut Center for Ultrafast Optical Science,University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099,United States of America Physics Department,Lancaster University , Lancaster LA1 4YB,United Kingdom Underwood, C Author aut Department of Physics,University of York , York, YO10 5DD,United Kingdom Watt, R Author aut The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science,Imperial College London , London, SW7 2AZ,United Kingdom Zepf, M Author aut Helmholtz Institut Jena , Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena,Germany Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik,Friedrich-Schiller-Universität , 07743 Jena,Germany (DE-588)1154514196 Rose, S J Author aut The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science,Imperial College London , London, SW7 2AZ,United Kingdom Mangles, S P D Author aut The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science,Imperial College London , London, SW7 2AZ,United Kingdom Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät host institution his 23:11<1 Technische Universität Ilmenau, Universitätsbibliothek New journal of physics 1367-2630 dbt_mods_00030160 https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00058142 object in context 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