%0 Journal Article
%A Ranken, Evan
%T LUXE: a new experiment to study non-perturbative QED and search for new particles in electron-laser and photon-laser collisions
%J Proceedings of Science / International School for Advanced Studies
%V (EPS-HEP2023)
%@ 1824-8039
%C Trieste
%I SISSA
%M PUBDB-2025-01962
%B 2751730
%P 289
%D 2024
%Z cc-by-nc-nd
%X 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.
%B 2023 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics
%C 21 Aug 2023 - 25 Aug 2023, Hamburg (Germany)
Y2 21 Aug 2023 - 25 Aug 2023
M2 Hamburg, Germany
%K activity report (INSPIRE)
%K quantum electrodynamics: strong field (INSPIRE)
%K quantum electrodynamics: nonperturbative (INSPIRE)
%K laser (INSPIRE)
%K beam dump (INSPIRE)
%K proposed experiment (INSPIRE)
%K Compton scattering (INSPIRE)
%K DESY XFEL (INSPIRE)
%K DESY Lab (INSPIRE)
%K experimental methods (INSPIRE)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)8 ; PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Contribution to a conference proceedingsJournal Article
%R 10.22323/1.449.0289
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/631450