Anomalous lepton acceleration in the radiation reaction dominated reflection regime
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| author | Shen, Xiaofei Chen, Yue-Yue Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z. Keitel, Christoph H. |
| author_facet | Shen, Xiaofei Chen, Yue-Yue Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z. Keitel, Christoph H. |
| contents | Relativistic electrons colliding with intense counterpropagating laser pulses are expected to lose energy through radiation reaction. However, we reveal a counterintuitive regime where reflected leptons (including incident electrons, generated electrons, and positrons) gain significant energies when a relatively loosely focused ultraintense laser interacts with counterpropagating electrons. Because of strong radiation reaction, these particles can be halted and reflected near the laser peak. The subsequent asymmetric laser field then accelerates the reflected leptons to energies far exceeding their initial values. Using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we demonstrate the generation and acceleration of quasimonoenergetic positrons to multi-GeV energies with a high number conversion efficiency employing 10~PW-class lasers. These findings not only provide a single-stage solution for positron creation and acceleration, but also offer a promising alternative explanation for the origin of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays as particularly those associated with intense fast radio bursts. |
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| spellingShingle | Anomalous lepton acceleration in the radiation reaction dominated reflection regime Shen, Xiaofei Chen, Yue-Yue Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z. Keitel, Christoph H. Plasma Physics Relativistic electrons colliding with intense counterpropagating laser pulses are expected to lose energy through radiation reaction. However, we reveal a counterintuitive regime where reflected leptons (including incident electrons, generated electrons, and positrons) gain significant energies when a relatively loosely focused ultraintense laser interacts with counterpropagating electrons. Because of strong radiation reaction, these particles can be halted and reflected near the laser peak. The subsequent asymmetric laser field then accelerates the reflected leptons to energies far exceeding their initial values. Using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we demonstrate the generation and acceleration of quasimonoenergetic positrons to multi-GeV energies with a high number conversion efficiency employing 10~PW-class lasers. These findings not only provide a single-stage solution for positron creation and acceleration, but also offer a promising alternative explanation for the origin of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays as particularly those associated with intense fast radio bursts. |
| title | Anomalous lepton acceleration in the radiation reaction dominated reflection regime |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18023 |