Phys. Rev. E 69, 036408 (2004) [7 pages]Pair production by a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave in a plasmaReceived 24 July 2003; revised 3 October 2003; published 30 March 2004 We present the results of the calculation of the electron-positron pair creation probability by a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave during its propagation in underdense collisionless plasmas. The dependence of the probability on the frequency and the amplitude of the pulse is studied in detail. © 2004 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.69.036408
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.69.036408
PACS:
52.59.Rz, 12.20.-m, 13.40.-f, 52.38.-r
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