Possibility for observing Hawking-like effects via the interaction of multi-PW class laser pulses with plasmas

The interaction of multi-PW laser pulses with underdense plasma, in the regime of strong relativistic wave-breaking, is investigated via fully relativistic 3D particle-in-cell simulations including ion motion and radiation reaction. The effect of a transverse cylindrical plasma wave in laser pulse wakes on the formation of regular electron bunches under extremely high acceleration suitable for detection of the Hawking-Unruh temperature is shown and analyzed.
3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics