Electromagnetic shocks in the quantum vacuum

Hedvika Kadlecová, Georg Korn, and Sergei V. Bulanov
Phys. Rev. D 99, 036002 – Published 5 February 2019
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Abstract

The interaction of two counterpropagating electromagnetic waves in a vacuum is analyzed within the framework of the Heisenberg-Euler formalism in quantum electrodynamics. The nonlinear electromagnetic wave in the quantum vacuum is characterized by wave steepening, subsequent generation of high order harmonics and electromagnetic shock wave formation with electron–positron pair generation at the shock wave front.

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  • Received 30 July 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.036002

© 2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

  1. Research Areas
Laser-plasma interactionsQuantum electrodynamicsWave-wave, wave-particle interactions
  1. Physical Systems
Photons
Particles & FieldsPlasma Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Hedvika Kadlecová1, Georg Korn1, and Sergei V. Bulanov1,2,3

  • 1Institute of Physics of the ASCR, ELI–Beamlines project, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Kansai Photon Science Institute, 8–1–7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619–0215, Japan
  • 3Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 38, Moscow 119991, Russia

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Vol. 99, Iss. 3 — 1 February 2019

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