A Cubic Micron of Equilibrium Pair Plasma?
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⚛️ physics.plasm-ph
astro-ph
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laserplasmaequilibriumnumberpairrequiredabsorbapproach
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Is it possible to create a small volume of equilibrium pair plasma in the laboratory with an intense laser pulse? No. The required power would exceed 10^{18} W. The number of seed particles required to absorb the laser energy would approach the number of pairs in the desired plasma, and their radiation in a visible laser field would occur at extremely high frequencies.
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