B factory via conversion of 1-TeV electron beams into 1-TeV photon beams

Sekazi K. Mtingwa, Mark Strikman

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Abstract

We derive formulas which describe the interaction of laser beams with electron beams. Specializing to the case of 1-TeV electron beams from the future generation of electron linear accelerators, we calculate the production rate of backscattered 1-TeV photons, and using these photons, we show that it is possible to organize the photoproduction of beauty particles so as to measure 109 bb pairs per year. This should be adequate to study rare decays and CP violation in B meson decay.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1522-1525
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume64
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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