{"record_type":"pith_number_record","schema_url":"https://pith.science/schemas/pith-number/v1.json","pith_number":"pith:2018:OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS","short_pith_number":"pith:OHMPNAB5","schema_version":"1.0","canonical_sha256":"71d8f6803dbefaedc050288a4135775c95b235de669dcf2826cc2ea084fb452b","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"1809.06115","version":2},"attestation_state":"computed","paper":{"title":"Laser-driven vacuum breakdown waves","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.plasm-ph","authors_text":"A.S. Samsonov, E.N. Nerush, I.Yu. Kostyukov","submitted_at":"2018-09-17T10:25:24Z","abstract_excerpt":"It is demonstrated by three-dimensional quantum electrodynamics --- particle-in-cell (QED-PIC) simulations that vacuum breakdown wave in the form of QED cascade front can propagate in an extremely intense plane electromagnetic wave. The result disproves the statement that the self-sustained cascading is not possible in a plane wave configuration. In the simulations the cascade initiates during laser-foil interaction in the light sail regime. As a result, a constantly growing electron-positron plasma cushion is formed between the foil and laser radiation. The cushion plasma efficiently absorbs "},"verification_status":{"content_addressed":true,"pith_receipt":true,"author_attested":false,"weak_author_claims":0,"strong_author_claims":0,"externally_anchored":false,"storage_verified":false,"citation_signatures":0,"replication_records":0,"graph_snapshot":true,"references_resolved":false,"formal_links_present":false},"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"1809.06115","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"metadata":{"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"physics.plasm-ph","submitted_at":"2018-09-17T10:25:24Z","cross_cats_sorted":[],"title_canon_sha256":"c0b1c2c76f9aa1875b330b340700a12530e1178aed77fcc832c17bce433c5e82","abstract_canon_sha256":"b30fc4437055dd9cb9ca2ad00da3fea3a7a14f76f599d10f20cfd032c81e0491"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-05-17T23:42:08.627883Z","signature_b64":"SilwAeWJ1ywCmo1tzGWga7xFSdf/LGxYNy2UtGSk936IrNUGD+YPXj9FK+nemblF2OtEYgoHNZIHXI2MH4CrCA==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"71d8f6803dbefaedc050288a4135775c95b235de669dcf2826cc2ea084fb452b","last_reissued_at":"2026-05-17T23:42:08.627200Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-05-17T23:42:08.627200Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"Laser-driven vacuum breakdown waves","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.plasm-ph","authors_text":"A.S. Samsonov, E.N. Nerush, I.Yu. Kostyukov","submitted_at":"2018-09-17T10:25:24Z","abstract_excerpt":"It is demonstrated by three-dimensional quantum electrodynamics --- particle-in-cell (QED-PIC) simulations that vacuum breakdown wave in the form of QED cascade front can propagate in an extremely intense plane electromagnetic wave. The result disproves the statement that the self-sustained cascading is not possible in a plane wave configuration. In the simulations the cascade initiates during laser-foil interaction in the light sail regime. As a result, a constantly growing electron-positron plasma cushion is formed between the foil and laser radiation. The cushion plasma efficiently absorbs "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1809.06115","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"1809.06115","created_at":"2026-05-17T23:42:08.627306+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"1809.06115v2","created_at":"2026-05-17T23:42:08.627306+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.1809.06115","created_at":"2026-05-17T23:42:08.627306+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"OHMPNAB5X35O","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:32:43.782077+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQ","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:32:43.782077+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"OHMPNAB5","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:32:43.782077+00:00"}],"events":[],"event_summary":{},"paper_claims":[],"inbound_citations":{"count":0,"internal_anchor_count":0,"sample":[]},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"sample":[],"anchors":[]},"links":{"html":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS","json":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS.json","graph_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/graph.json","events_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/events.json","paper":"https://pith.science/paper/OHMPNAB5"},"agent_actions":{"view_html":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS","download_json":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS.json","view_paper":"https://pith.science/paper/OHMPNAB5","resolve_alias":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/resolve?arxiv=1809.06115&json=true","fetch_graph":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/graph.json","fetch_events":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/events.json","actions":{"anchor_timestamp":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/action/timestamp_anchor","attest_storage":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/action/storage_attestation","attest_author":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/action/author_attestation","sign_citation":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/action/citation_signature","submit_replication":"https://pith.science/pith/OHMPNAB5X35O3QCQFCFECNLXLS/action/replication_record"}},"created_at":"2026-05-17T23:42:08.627306+00:00","updated_at":"2026-05-17T23:42:08.627306+00:00"}