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dc.contributor.authorDillon, BM
dc.contributor.authorKing, B
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-29T11:42:02Z
dc.date.available2018-11-29T11:42:02Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-28
dc.identifier.issn1550-2368
dc.identifier.issn2470-0029
dc.identifier.other035048
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/12924
dc.description.abstract

Several theories of beyond-the-standard-model physics predict light scalars that couple to fermions. By extending classical electrodynamics to include an electron-scalar coupling, we calculate the nonlinear Thomson scattering of light scalars in the collision of an electron with a monochromatic electromagnetic background. In doing so, we identify the classical electron-scalar current, which allows for straightforward inclusion of the process in laser-plasma particle-in-cell simulations. Scattering of pseudoscalar particles is found to vanish in the classical (or, equivalently, the low-lightfront-momentum) limit. When electrons copropagate with the laser pulse, we demonstrate that coherence effects in the production of light scalar particles can greatly enhance the signal for sub-eV scalars. When the electron beams counterpropagate with the laser pulses, we demonstrate that experiments can probe larger scalar masses due to the larger momentum transfer in the collisions. We then discuss a possible lab-based experimental setup to detect this scalar signal which is similar to light-shining-through-the-wall experiments. Using existing experimental facilities as benchmarks, we calculate projected exclusion bounds on the couplings of light scalars in such experiments.

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dc.languageen
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dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
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dc.subjecthep-ph
dc.subjecthep-ph
dc.titleLight scalars: Coherent nonlinear Thomson scattering and detection
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.issue3
plymouth.volume99
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.035048
plymouth.publication-statusPublished online
plymouth.journalPhysical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/physrevd.99.035048
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plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
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dcterms.dateAccepted2019-02-28
dc.rights.embargodate2021-7-7
dc.identifier.eissn2470-0029
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rioxxterms.funderEPSRC
rioxxterms.identifier.projectElectron-seeded pair creation in intense laser pulses
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plymouth.funderElectron-seeded pair creation in intense laser pulses::EPSRC


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