X-Ray Entangled Photon Production in Collisions of Laser Beams with Relativistic Ions

TL;DR

This paper proposes a method to generate intense, monochromatic, polarized X-ray and entangled photons by colliding laser beams with relativistic ions, with potential applications in various scientific fields.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to produce X-ray entangled photons using relativistic ion collisions and estimates the relevant production rates and susceptibilities.

Findings

Estimated production rates of X-ray photons at RHIC.

Demonstrated feasibility of generating entangled X-ray beams.

Potential applications in scientific and technological fields.

Abstract

A method is suggested to produce, with the help of colliding laser photons with bunches of relativistic ions having two energy levels, both intense beams of monochromatic polarized X-ray fluorescence photons and significant number of X-ray entangled photons, via double Doppler transformation. Nonlinear susceptibility of the ions, the cross section and the rate of production of such photons at RHIC are estimated. Such beams of X-ray photons can be detected and applied to solve various problems, in a manner similar to the usage of optical photons.