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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 337, 2025
27th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2024)
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| Article Number | 01294 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533701294 | |
| Published online | 07 October 2025 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533701294
Monte Carlo challenges for strong field quantum electrodynamics
Ludwig Maximilian’s University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, München 80539, Germany
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Published online: 7 October 2025
Abstract
The assisted Schwinger effect, which is predicted to display nonperturbative quantum tunnelling, is expected to be produced in precision lab experiments with electron beams and intense lasers. Indeed, many novel effects predicted by a theory which incorporates the laser field exactly, can be probed experimentally with the proper application of theory and simulation. Among predicted first order effects are a rest mass shift and harmonic Compton scattering. Higher order effects include resonant transition rates which become apparent when scanned over specific kinematic parameters. The underpinning of the theory and experiment is a Monte Carlo simulation tool which precisely links experimental realities to the expected theoretical transition rates. We report on the progress of such a tool here.
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