A new ‘photon–photon collider’, which may enable elusive Breit–Wheeler pair production in an optics laboratory setting, is predicted. Using this concept, it is potentially possible to ...

Just Add Gold. The photon collider would convert light directly into matter by using an extremely powerful high intensity laser to fire electrons at almost the speed of light into a slab of gold.

Here, we present the design of a new class of photon–photon collider in which a gamma-ray beam is fired into the high-temperature radiation field of a laser-heated hohlraum. Matching experimental ...

The facility may be suitable for conducting a photon-photon collider experiment. University of Rochester May 19, 2014, 12:10 PM EDT / Updated May 19, 2014, 8:11 PM EDT ...

A photon collider would convert energy to electron/positron pairs. Akshat Rathi – May 19, 2014 1:10 pm | 76 Two hohlraums, along with images of what happens to them when they're blasted with ...

Led by researcher Oliver Pike, the team has devised a machine called the "photon-photon collider" which could hold the answer. The collider uses existing technologies and requires two key steps.