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Relativistic three-body recombination with the QED vacuum.
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2011 Aug 26; Vol. 107 (9), pp. 090402. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Aug 25. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Electron-positron pair annihilation into a single photon is studied when a second free electron is present. Focussing on the relativistic regime, we show that the photon emitted in the three-lepton interaction may exhibit distinct angular distributions and polarization properties. Moreover, the process can dominate over two-photon annihilation in relativistic electron-positron plasmas of few-MeV temperature. An analogy with three-body recombination of electrons with ions is drawn.<br /> (© 2011 American Physical Society)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1079-7114
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21929215
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.090402