Improved Bethe-Heitler positron creation and retention by combining direct laser acceleration and solid target interaction within a gas jet

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6587/adc9df" target="_blank" >https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6587/adc9df</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/adc9df" target="_blank" >10.1088/1361-6587/adc9df</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Improved Bethe-Heitler positron creation and retention by combining direct laser acceleration and solid target interaction within a gas jet

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The next generation of Petawatt-class lasers presents the opportunity to study positron production and acceleration experimentally, in an all-optical setting. Several configurations were proposed to produce and accelerate positrons in a single laser stage. However, these configurations have yielded limited positron beam quality and low particle count. This paper presents methods for improving the injection and retention of positrons obtained via Bethe-Heitler pair production and accelerated using direct laser acceleration in a plasma channel. The work first introduces a semi-analytical model which predicts laser energy depletion in this highly nonlinear regime. We demonstrate through PIC simulations that accelerated electrons can induce charge inversion within the channel, leading to positron trapping and acceleration. We investigate how laser focusing position, channel wall density, target foil position and target thickness influence positron creation and retention. Our configuration can achieve an 8-fold increase in positron retention compared to previous studies and a higher number of positrons produced overall. This work establishes a robust, single-stage approach for obtaining positron beams, opening new avenues for experiments with Petawatt-class lasers and potential applications in electron-positron collisions and QED cascades.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Improved Bethe-Heitler positron creation and retention by combining direct laser acceleration and solid target interaction within a gas jet

Popis výsledku anglicky

The next generation of Petawatt-class lasers presents the opportunity to study positron production and acceleration experimentally, in an all-optical setting. Several configurations were proposed to produce and accelerate positrons in a single laser stage. However, these configurations have yielded limited positron beam quality and low particle count. This paper presents methods for improving the injection and retention of positrons obtained via Bethe-Heitler pair production and accelerated using direct laser acceleration in a plasma channel. The work first introduces a semi-analytical model which predicts laser energy depletion in this highly nonlinear regime. We demonstrate through PIC simulations that accelerated electrons can induce charge inversion within the channel, leading to positron trapping and acceleration. We investigate how laser focusing position, channel wall density, target foil position and target thickness influence positron creation and retention. Our configuration can achieve an 8-fold increase in positron retention compared to previous studies and a higher number of positrons produced overall. This work establishes a robust, single-stage approach for obtaining positron beams, opening new avenues for experiments with Petawatt-class lasers and potential applications in electron-positron collisions and QED cascades.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

ISSN

0741-3335

e-ISSN

1361-6587

Svazek periodika

67

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

055025

Kód UT WoS článku

001478047400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105003895206