Pair production by a strong wakefield excited by intense neutrino bursts in plasmas

Rios, L.A. and Serbeto, A. and Mendonca, J.T. and Shukla, P.K. and Bingham, R. (2005) Pair production by a strong wakefield excited by intense neutrino bursts in plasmas. Physics Letters B, 606 (1-2). pp. 79-85. ISSN 0370-2693 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2004.11.069)

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Abstract

We consider the production of electron–positron pairs due to accelerated electrons in a strong wakefield that is created by intense neutrino bursts in plasmas. By using a classical fluid description, we investigate the generation of electrostatic wakefields at the plasma wave-breaking limit, and estimate the number of pairs that is produced by a trident process. We find that the pair concentration produced is huge, and this result can be very important in studies of astrophysical plasmas and in intense laser-plasma interaction experiments which are aimed to understanding several astrophysical phenomena in laboratory.

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Rios, L.A., Serbeto, A., Mendonca, J.T., Shukla, P.K. and Bingham, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9843-7635;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:52458
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    20 January 2005
    Published
    8 December 2004
    Published Online
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:02 Apr 2015 04:05
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 10:59
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/52458
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