Journal
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7747
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- National Science Foundation CAREER [1054164]
- National Science Foundation/Domestic Nuclear Detection Office [F021166]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/L013975/1, EP/I029206/1]
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ELI-Italy)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [CN5-g-RESIST]
- European Research Council [267841]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [EXPL/FIS-PLA/0834/2012]
- STFC [ST/J002062/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/L013975/1, 1102540, EP/J002550/1, EP/H00601X/1, EP/I029206/1, EP/M018555/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/J002062/1, ST/J002062/1 John Adams Inst] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/J002550/1, EP/L013975/1, EP/M018555/1, EP/H00601X/1, EP/I029206/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- STFC [ST/J002062/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Division Of Physics
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1054164] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [EXPL/FIS-PLA/0834/2012] Funding Source: FCT
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Electron-positron pair plasmas represent a unique state of matter, whereby there exists an intrinsic and complete symmetry between negatively charged (matter) and positively charged (antimatter) particles. These plasmas play a fundamental role in the dynamics of ultra-massive astrophysical objects and are believed to be associated with the emission of ultra-bright gamma-ray bursts. Despite extensive theoretical modelling, our knowledge of this state of matter is still speculative, owing to the extreme difficulty in recreating neutral matter-antimatter plasmas in the laboratory. Here we show that, by using a compact laser-driven setup, ion-free electron-positron plasmas with unique characteristics can be produced. Their charge neutrality (same amount of matter and antimatter), high-density and small divergence finally open up the possibility of studying electron-positron plasmas in controlled laboratory experiments.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available