Compton photons at the GeV scale from self-aligned collisions with a
plasma mirror
Compton photons at the GeV scale from self-aligned collisions with a
plasma mirror
With today's multi-petawatt lasers, testing quantum electrodynamics (QED) in the strong field regime, where the electric field exceeds the Schwinger critical field in the rest frame of an electron, becomes within reach. Inverse Compton scattering of an intense laser pulse off a high-energy electron beam is the mainstream approach, resulting …