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Loss and revival of coherence in the interaction between a positron beam and a photon field

Part of: Non-neutral plasmas: achievements and perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2023

F. Castelli ,
S. Cialdi ,
G. Costantini ,
R. Ferragut Open the ORCID record for R. Ferragut [Opens in a new window] ,
M. Giammarchi Open the ORCID record for M. Giammarchi [Opens in a new window] ,
G. Gittini ,
M. Leone ,
G. Maero Open the ORCID record for G. Maero [Opens in a new window] ,
S. Olivares  and
M. Romé Open the ORCID record for M. Romé [Opens in a new window]
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F. Castelli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
S. Cialdi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
G. Costantini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
R. Ferragut
Affiliation:
INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy L-NESS and Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Via Anzani 42, 22100 Como, Italy
M. Giammarchi*
Affiliation:
INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
G. Gittini
Affiliation:
CNR-ISTP, Via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italy
M. Leone
Affiliation:
L-NESS and Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Via Anzani 42, 22100 Como, Italy
G. Maero
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
S. Olivares
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
M. Romé
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
A. Simonetto
Affiliation:
CNR-ISTP, Via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italy
V. Toso
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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†Email address for correspondence: marco.giammarchi@mi.infn.it
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Abstract

We study the interaction between a positron beam in the single-particle regime in an interferometric configuration and a microwave electromagnetic field. We discuss the conditions under which quantum interference can be affected by the field and we outline its possible experimental study in the framework of QUantum interferometry and gravitation with Positrons and LASers (QUPLAS) experiment.

Keywords

intense particle beams
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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 89 , Issue 6 , December 2023 , 935890603
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