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Spin-polarization effects of an ultrarelativistic electron beam in an ultraintense two-color laser pulse

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arxiv 1904.13246 v3 pith:XALGAG47 submitted 2019-04-30 physics.plasm-ph physics.comp-phphysics.optics

Spin-polarization effects of an ultrarelativistic electron beam in an ultraintense two-color laser pulse

classification physics.plasm-ph physics.comp-phphysics.optics
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Spin-polarization effects of an ultrarelativistic electron beam head-on colliding with an ultraintense two-color laser pulse are investigated comprehensively in the quantum radiation-dominated regime. We employ a Monte Carlo method, derived from the recent work of [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 122}, 154801 (2019)], to calculate the spin-resolved electron dynamics and photon emissions in the local constant field approximation. We find that electron radiation probabilities in adjacent half cycles of a two-color laser field are substantially asymmetric due to the asymmetric field strengths, and consequently, after interaction the electron beam can obtain a total polarization of about 11\% and a partial polarization of up to about 63\% because of radiative spin effects, with currently achievable laser facilities, which may be utilized in high-energy physics and nuclear physics. Moreover, the considered effects are shown to be crucially determined by the relative phase of the two-color laser field and robust with respect to other laser and electron beam parameters.

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