Backscattering Sources, Volume 2 : Compton Backscattering, Nonlinear QED Processes and Calculation Tools.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curcio, Alessandro.

Contributor:

Dattoli, G.

Di Palma, Emanuele.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum electrodynamics.

Nonlinear optics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores advanced topics in nonlinear quantum electrodynamics (QED) and their applications in high-energy laser and electron beam interactions. Emphasizing theoretical and computational frameworks, it delves into phenomena such as nonlinear Compton scattering, vacuum polarization, and multiphoton processes. The authors provide a detailed exposition of relativistic quantum mechanics and Feynman diagrams, offering tools and methodologies for analyzing quantum corrections to scattering processes. It also discusses the design and implementation of compact radiation sources, including free-electron lasers (FELs) and Compton-based systems, aimed at high-energy photon generation. This volume serves as a comprehensive resource for researchers, physicists, and advanced students specializing in quantum physics, laser technology, and accelerator science. Generated by AI.

Contents:

PRELIMS.pdf

Author biographies

Alessandro Curcio

Giuseppe Dattoli

Emanuele Di Palma

Symbols

CH001.pdf

Chapter An introduction to high-intensity lasers and nonlinear quantum electrodynamics

1.1 Evolution of laser technology and the associated intensities

1.2 Going deeper into the fundamental role of the laser strength parameter

1.3 The phenomenology of the interaction between electrons/matter and a high-intensity laser

1.4 Sauter–Schwinger fields and associated phenomenology

1.5 Concluding comments

1.6 Comments and exercises

1.6.1 Generalities of vacuum polarization and particle formation

1.6.2 Vacuum polarization and particle formation

1.6.3 Interactions between intense fields and single electrons

References and further reading

For high-power lasers and compression pulse amplification, see the following:

For quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and laser electron interaction, see the following:

For quantum mechanics, field theory, and laser electron interactions, see the following:

For more recent contributions, see:

For the theory of coherent states of ‘light,’ see the following:

For operator use in classical and quantum optics, see the following:

For Padé approximants, see the following:

CH002.pdf

Chapter Quantum electrodynamics and Feynman diagrams: an elementary exposition

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Dirac equation, antiparticles, and Stückelberg–Dirac interpretation

2.3 A few useful identities for the calculation of quantum electrodynamic Feynman diagrams Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

0-7503-5979-X

OCLC:

1492404540