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PUBDB-2025-01962

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png LUXE: a new experiment to study non-perturbative QED and search for new particles in electron-laser and photon-laser collisions

Ranken, E. (Corresponding author)DESY* ; LUXE Collaboration (Collaboration author)

2024
SISSA Trieste

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.22323/1.449.0289  doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2025-01962

Abstract: LUXE is a proposed near-future experiment along the European XFEL beamline aiming to make several new measurements in the non-perturbative regime of strong-field quantum electrodynamics (SFQED). The experiment will collide electrons and photons with a high-intensity laser in order to measure multiple non-linear processes unique to the extreme realm of SFQED, allowing the first chance to validate theoretical models in this unexplored regime. The photon-laser collisions in particular will be unique to LUXE, offering the most direct demonstration of electron-positron pair production from the QED vacuum at extreme field strengths. Additionally, the large quantities of photons reaching the final beam dump of the experiment will be utilized in a search for long-lived, axion-like particles which are candidates for dark matter. A variety of complimentary detector systems are used to ensure precise results and accurate calibration. The theoretical background and experimental program are briefly outlined, in order to give a broad view of the experimental goals.

Keyword(s): activity report ; quantum electrodynamics: strong field ; quantum electrodynamics: nonperturbative ; laser ; beam dump ; proposed experiment ; Compton scattering ; DESY XFEL ; DESY Lab ; experimental methods

Note: cc-by-nc-nd

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. LHC/CMS Experiment (CMS)

Research Program(s):

1. 611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611) (POF4-611)

Experiment(s):

1. Laser Und XFEL Experiment

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