Thermal pair production from photon-photon collision: Breit–Wheeler process at finite temperature

Autor: D. S. Cabral, A. F. Santos, R. Bufalo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 83, Iss 12, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1434-6052
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12281-5
Popis: Abstract In this paper we examine the pair production through the Breit–Wheeler process $$\gamma ~\gamma \rightarrow e^+ e^-$$ γ γ → e + e - in a thermal background. We compute the thermal contribution to the Breit–Wheeler differential cross section within the thermofield dynamics formalism. We evaluate in details the cross section for this process, which possess a surprisingly simple expression valid for any temperature $$\beta $$ β , from which we discuss some physically relevant aspects. We also consider the high temperature regime of the cross section in order to have a better understanding about its thermal behavior.
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