Light scalars: Coherent nonlinear Thomson scattering and detection
dc.contributor.author | Dillon, BM | |
dc.contributor.author | King, B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-29T11:42:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-29T11:42:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-02-28 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1550-2368 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2470-0029 | |
dc.identifier.other | 035048 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://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. | |
dc.format.extent | 035048- | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | |
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dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
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dc.subject | hep-ph | |
dc.subject | hep-ph | |
dc.title | Light scalars: Coherent nonlinear Thomson scattering and detection | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
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plymouth.issue | 3 | |
plymouth.volume | 99 | |
plymouth.publisher-url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.035048 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published online | |
plymouth.journal | Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/physrevd.99.035048 | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/EXTENDED UoA 10 - Mathematical Sciences | |
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dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-02-28 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2021-7-7 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2470-0029 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.funder | EPSRC | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Electron-seeded pair creation in intense laser pulses | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1103/physrevd.99.035048 | |
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-02-28 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
plymouth.funder | Electron-seeded pair creation in intense laser pulses::EPSRC |