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| author | Zhu, Xing-Long Liu, Wei-Yuan Yu, Tong-Pu Chen, Min Weng, Su-Ming Wang, Wei-Min Sheng, Zheng-Ming |
| author_facet | Zhu, Xing-Long Liu, Wei-Yuan Yu, Tong-Pu Chen, Min Weng, Su-Ming Wang, Wei-Min Sheng, Zheng-Ming |
| contents | Relativistic positron sources with high spin polarization have important applications in nuclear and particle physics and many frontier fields. However, it is challenging to produce dense polarized positrons. Here we present a simple and effective method to achieve such a positron source by directly impinging a relativistic high-density electron beam on the surface of a solid target. During the interaction, a strong return current of plasma electrons is induced and subsequently asymmetric quasistatic magnetic fields as high as megatesla are generated along the target surface. This gives rise to strong radiative spin flips and multiphoton processes, thus leading to efficient generation of copious polarized positrons. With three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we demonstrate the production of a dense highly-polarized multi-GeV positron beam with an average spin polarization above 40% and nC-scale charge per shot. This offers a novel route for the studies of laserless strong-field quantum electrodynamics physics and for the development of high-energy polarized positron sources. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Dense polarized positrons from beam-solid interactions Zhu, Xing-Long Liu, Wei-Yuan Yu, Tong-Pu Chen, Min Weng, Su-Ming Wang, Wei-Min Sheng, Zheng-Ming Plasma Physics Relativistic positron sources with high spin polarization have important applications in nuclear and particle physics and many frontier fields. However, it is challenging to produce dense polarized positrons. Here we present a simple and effective method to achieve such a positron source by directly impinging a relativistic high-density electron beam on the surface of a solid target. During the interaction, a strong return current of plasma electrons is induced and subsequently asymmetric quasistatic magnetic fields as high as megatesla are generated along the target surface. This gives rise to strong radiative spin flips and multiphoton processes, thus leading to efficient generation of copious polarized positrons. With three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we demonstrate the production of a dense highly-polarized multi-GeV positron beam with an average spin polarization above 40% and nC-scale charge per shot. This offers a novel route for the studies of laserless strong-field quantum electrodynamics physics and for the development of high-energy polarized positron sources. |
| title | Dense polarized positrons from beam-solid interactions |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12297 |