Generating ultradense pair beams using 400 GeV/c protons

Arrowsmith, C. D. and Shukla, N. and Charitonidis, N. and Boni, R. and Chen, H. and Davenne, T. and Dyson, A. and Froula, D. H. and Gudmundsson, J. T. and Huffman, B. T. and Kadi, Y. and Reville, B. and Richardson, S. and Sarkar, S. and Shaw, J. L. and Silva, L. O. and Simon, P. and Trines, R. M. G. M. and Bingham, R. and Gregori, G. (2021) Generating ultradense pair beams using 400 GeV/c protons. Physical Review Research, 3 (2). 023103. ISSN 2643-1564 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.023103)

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Abstract

An experimental scheme is presented for generating low-divergence, ultradense, relativistic, electron-positron beams using 400 GeV/c protons available at facilities such as HiRadMat and AWAKE at CERN. Preliminary Monte Carlo and particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate the possibility of generating beams containing 10(13)-10(14) electron-positron pairs at sufficiently high densities to drive collisionless beam-plasma instabilities, which are expected to play an important role in magnetic field generation and the related radiation signatures of relativistic astrophysical phenomena. The pair beams are quasineutral, with size exceeding several skin depths in all dimensions, allowing the examination of the effect of competition between transverse and longitudinal instability modes on the growth of magnetic fields. Furthermore, the presented scheme allows for the possibility of controlling the relative density of hadrons to electron-positron pairs in the beam, making it possible to explore the parameter spaces for different astrophysical environments.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:77736
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    10 May 2021
    Published
    6 April 2021
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Sep 2021 09:38
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 02:37
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/77736
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