Detector challenges of the strong-field QED experiment LUXE at the European XFEL

TL;DR

The paper discusses the detector challenges in the upcoming LUXE experiment at DESY, which aims to explore strong-field QED phenomena using high-intensity lasers and electron beams from the European XFEL.

Contribution

It presents the design considerations and detector challenges for the LUXE experiment, a novel setup to study non-perturbative strong-field QED effects.

Findings

Identification of key detector challenges in high-intensity laser-electron collisions

Design proposals for detectors capable of measuring strong-field QED processes

Framework for future experimental implementation at DESY

Abstract

The LUXE experiment (Laser Und XFEL Experiment) is a new experiment in planning at DESY Hamburg using the electron beam of the European XFEL (Eu.XFEL). LUXE is intended to study collisions between a high-intensity optical laser and up to 16.5 GeV electrons from the Eu.XFEL electron beam, or, alternatively, high-energy secondary photons. The physics objective of LUXE are processes of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) at the strong-field frontier, where QED is non-perturbative. The design of the experimental setup and the different detectors are presented.