DOAJ Open Access 2023

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

D. S. Cabral A. F. Santos R. Bufalo

Abstrak

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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D. S. Cabral

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A. F. Santos

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R. Bufalo

Format Sitasi

Cabral, D.S., Santos, A.F., Bufalo, R. (2023). Thermal pair production from photon-photon collision: Breit–Wheeler process at finite temperature. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12281-5

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Informasi Jurnal
Tahun Terbit
2023
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DOAJ
DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12281-5
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