Published September 10, 2024 | Version v1
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Spin effect induced momentum spiral and asymmetry degree in pair production

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Beam Technology of the Ministry of Education, and School of Physics and Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • 2. College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, China
  • 3. Institute of Radiation Technology, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing 100875, China

Description

Spin effect on the pair production under circularly polarized fields is investigated. Significantly different from what momentum spirals caused by two counterrotating fields with a time delay, we find for the first time that the spirals can also be induced due to the particle spin effect even if in a single field. We further examine the bichromatic combinational fields. The inhomogeneous spiral structures can be observed in the momentum spectrum; in particular, the spiral not only does exist in two cases of spin, but also is about 2 orders of magnitude amplified compared with that in the single field. Meanwhile, the spin asymmetry degree on the momentum distributions is investigated, and it was found that the effect of spin flip exists with an increased time delay between two fields. The spin asymmetry degree on the number density can reach to 98% in certain conditions. These results indicate that the signatures of created particles, especially the spiral structures, are strongly associated with information pertaining to the laser field as well as the created particle spin, which can deepen the understanding of vacuum pair production.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.110.056013;
arXiv
arXiv:2402.16476;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100001809;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
8 pgs.
ISSN
1089-4918

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
12375240; 11935008; 12104428
Notes
Contact Email: Contact author: bsxie@bnu.edu.cn; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
National Natural Science Foundation of China