The main idea of ​​the breakthrough is that the dense plasma irradiated by modern lasers self-organizes in a near-critical state. The team’s simulation shows the formation of a photon-photon collider inside this plasma, creating a dense population of gamma rays.

Remarkably, these gamma ray collisions create electron-positron pairs, and the positrons are then accelerated by the plasma electric field induced by the laser.

Chief writer Dr. Sugimoto explains:

Our simulations show that when interacting with intense electromagnetic laser fields, a dense plasma can self-organize to form a photon-photon collider. This collider contains a dense population of gamma rays, which are ten times more dense than the density of electrons in plasma and a million times more energetic than the energy of photons in a laser.

This process marks the first simulation of positron acceleration in the framework of a linear Breit-Wheeler process under relativistic conditions. Professor Arefiev, co-author of the study, expressed confidence in the feasibility of the experiment and emphasized that the team is looking forward to its implementation in the real world.

This work demonstrates a potential way to explore the mysteries of the universe in a laboratory setting. The future possibilities of current and future high-power laser installations have become even more interesting.

The practical implications are significant, as the discovery of positron acceleration opens the door to a device that can convert pure energy into matter. Simulations show that with the help of modern lasers with an intensity of 10^22 W/cm², a positron beam can reach energy on the order of gigaelectronvolts with a divergence angle of about 10° and a charge of 0.1 pK (10^6 electrons per). pulse).

Although the realization of this revolutionary process does not resemble science fiction scenarios such as the replicators we see in movies, it promises to confirm the Standard Model and potentially open new areas of physics. The scientific community looks forward to the experimental implementation of this transformative discovery.