High Energy Photon Generation in Colliding Laser Pulses

Abstract

The acceleration of charged leptons to TeV energies is a problem of considerable importance. At these energies, electroweak spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism are expected to play a dominant role in the interaction physics. Alternatively, short wavelength photons can also be used to probe this energy range, as exemplified by the γ-γ collider project [1].</jats:p