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LUXE: A new experiment to study non-perturbative QED in $e^{-}$-laser and $γ$-laser collisions
by Ruth Jacobs, on the behalf of the LUXE collaboration
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Authors (as Contributors): | Ruth Jacobs |
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Arxiv Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.10026v1 (pdf) |
Date accepted: | 2022-03-04 |
Date submitted: | 2021-07-22 10:39 |
Submitted by: | Jacobs, Ruth |
Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
Proceedings issue: | DIS2021 |
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Academic field: | Physics |
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Approach: | Experimental |
Abstract
The LUXE experiment (Laser Und XFEL Experiment) is a new experiment in planning at DESY Hamburg using the electron beam of the European XFEL. LUXE is intended to study collisions between a high-intensity optical laser and up to 16.5 GeV electrons from the Eu.XFEL electron beam, or, alternatively, high-energy secondary photons. The physics objective of LUXE are processes of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) at the strong-field frontier, where QED is non-perturbative. This manifests itself in the creation of physical electron-positron pairs from the QED vacuum. LUXE intends to measure the positron production rate in a new physics regime at an unprecedented laser intensity. Parasitically, the high-intensity Compton photon beam of LUXE can be used to search for physics beyond the Standard Model.
Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 8, 088 (2022)
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Anonymous Report 1 on 2022-2-10 (Invited Report)
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A very well written proceeding. Recommend for acceptance and wish for the great success of the LUXE experiment.