Abstract
We give exact results for the emission spectra of both nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production and nonlinear Compton scattering in ultraintense, ultrashort duration plane wave backgrounds, modeled as delta-function pulses. This includes closed form expressions for total scattering probabilities. We show explicitly that these probabilities do not exhibit the power-law scaling with intensity associated with the conjectured breakdown of (Furry picture) perturbation theory, instead scaling logarithmically in the high-intensity limit.
DOI
10.1103/physrevd.100.125018
Publication Date
2019-12-20
Publication Title
Physical Review D
Volume
100
Issue
12
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
ISSN
2470-0029
Embargo Period
2024-11-22
Recommended Citation
Ilderton, A. (2019) 'Exact results for scattering on ultrashort plane wave backgrounds', Physical Review D, 100(12). American Physical Society (APS): Available at: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.100.125018
