Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-06-30
Phys.Rev.A78:062109,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
38 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
The quantum electrodynamical vacuum polarization effects arising in the collision of a high-energy proton beam and a strong, linearly polarized laser field are investigated. The probability that laser photons merge into one photon by interacting with the proton`s electromagnetic field is calculated taking into account the laser field exactly. Asymptotics of the probability are then derived according to different experimental setups suitable for detecting perturbative and nonperturbative vacuum polarization effects. The experimentally most feasible setup involves the use of a strong optical laser field. It is shown that in this case measurements of the polarization of the outgoing photon and and of its angular distribution provide promising tools to detect these effects for the first time.
Hatsagortsyan Karen Z.
Keitel Christoph H.
Piazza Antonino Di
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