High-Intensity Photon Beams May Work in Large-Scale Laser Facilities
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 1, 2017 — A scientific team has identified the numerical models and analytic estimates for simulating ultra-strong gamma rays in a highly efficient way. According to the team, these high intensity gamma rays significantly exceed all known limits. While there is growing interest in using intense laser facilities to create high-energy photon sources, the generation of high-energy photons can induce an avalanche, or cascade, of electron-positron pairs that, while creating more photons, rapidly draws