Watt, R., Kettle, B., Gerstmayr, E. et al. (36 more authors) (2025) Bounding elastic photon-photon scattering at s≈1 MeV using a laser-plasma platform. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 139247. ISSN 0370-2693
Abstract
We report on a direct search for elastic photon-photon scattering using x-ray and γ photons from a laser-plasma based experiment. A γ photon beam produced by a laser wakefield accelerator provided a broadband γ spectrum extending to above [Figure presented]. These were collided with a dense x-ray field produced by the emission from a laser heated germanium foil at [Figure presented], corresponding to an invariant mass of [Figure presented]. In these asymmetric collisions elastic scattering removes one x-ray and one high-energy γ photon and outputs two lower energy γ photons. No changes in the γ photon spectrum were observed as a result of the collisions allowing us to place a 95% upper bound on the cross section of [Figure presented]. Although far from the QED prediction, this represents the lowest upper limit obtained so far for [Figure presented].
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s) |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Research Groups (York) > Centre for Women's Studies (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2025 10:00 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:29 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139247 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139247 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224182 |