title: Electron dynamics and γ and e(-)e(+) production by colliding laser pulses.
abstract: The dynamics of an electron bunch irradiated by two focused colliding super-intense laser pulses and the resulting γ and e(-)e(+) production are studied. Due to attractors of electron dynamics in a standing wave created by colliding pulses the photon emission and pair production, in general, are more efficient with linearly polarized pulses than with circularly polarized ones. The dependence of the key parameters on the laser intensity and wavelength allows us to identify the conditions for the cascade development and γe(-)e(+) plasma creation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics of the CAS, ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic.|Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jirka
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics of the CAS, ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic.|Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Klimo
authors.affiliation: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kansai Photon Science Institute, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0215, Japan.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Bulanov
authors.affiliation: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kansai Photon Science Institute, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0215, Japan.
authors.forename: T Zh
authors.initials: TZh
authors.lastname: Esirkepov
authors.affiliation: National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow 115409, Russia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gelfer
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bulanov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics of the CAS, ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics of the CAS, ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Korn