
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Derlet, P. M. 
A1  - Perlman, H. S. 
A1  - Troup, G. J. 
T1  - Stimulated Vacuum Pair Production in a Focused Laser Field
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1997
VL  - 50
IS  - 4
SP  - 803
EP  - 813
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/P96104 
N2  - The quantum electrodynamical process of vacuum pair production in the presence of a focused laser field is investigated. A coherent states picture of the electromagnetic field in the focal region is developed which facilitates its inclusion into perturbative S-matrix quantum electrodynamics. The lowest order differential transition rate with respect to the direction of the newly created positron is presented for a number of scattering geometries. It is found that with current technological trends such an event should be detectable in the not too distant future. 
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