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# Generation of a neutral, high-density electron-positron plasma in the laboratory

@article{Sarri2013GenerationOA,
title={Generation of a neutral, high-density electron-positron plasma in the laboratory},
author={Gianluca Sarri and Kristjan P{\~o}der and Jason M. Cole and W. Schumaker and Antonino Di Piazza and Brian Reville and D. Doria and Brendan Dromey and L. A. Gizzi and Anne M. Green and G. M. Grittani and Satyananda Kar and Christoph H. Keitel and Karl Krushelnick and S. Kushel and Stuart P. D. Mangles and Z. Najmudin and A. G. R. Thomas and M. Vargas and Matthew Zepf},
journal={arXiv: Plasma Physics},
year={2013}
}
• Published 1 December 2013
• Physics
• arXiv: Plasma Physics
We report on the laser-driven generation of purely neutral, relativistic electron-positron pair plasmas. The overall charge neutrality, high average Lorentz factor ($\gamma_{e/p} \approx 15$), small divergence ($\theta_{e/p} \approx 10 - 20$ mrad), and high density ($n_{e/p}\simeq 10^{15}$cm$^{-3}$) of these plasmas open the pathway for the experimental study of the dynamics of this exotic state of matter, in regimes that are of relevance to electron-positron astrophysical plasmas.
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