Dense pair plasma generation and its modulation dynamics in counter-propagating laser field*

Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CBA01504), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11347028, 11405083, and 11675075), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2018JJ2315), and the Youth Talent Projectof Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2018RS3096).

Liu Wei-Yuan1, 2, Luo Wen1, †, Yuan Tao2, 3, Yu Ji-Ye2, 3, Chen Min2, 3, ‡
       

(color online) The spatial density distributions of positron (upper part) as well as electric fields Ey (lower part) at (a) t = 10T0 and (b) t = 10.25T0. Due to the axial symmetry of the distributions, only half of the spatial distributions for positrons and electric fields are plotted. The longitudinal distributions of positron density with consideration of radiation reaction (red) and without radiation reaction (grey) at (c) t = 10T0 and (d) t = 10.25T0. A laser intensity of 4 × 1023 W/cm2 and a foil density of ne = 280nc are used in the simulations.