A high-flux electron detection system to measure non-linear Compton scattering at LUXE
Abstract
This paper presents the development and testing of a high-flux electron detection system designed to measure the energy spectrum of more than 109 electrons from laser-electron collisions at the LUXE experiment, planned at DESY. The system is intended to enable precision measurements of non-linear Compton scattering in the strong-field regime of quantum electrodynamics. It combines a scintillating screen observed by a camera system with a spatially segmented detector based on the Cherenkov effect. Prototype tests were conducted at two accelerator facilities, where the performance of the system was evaluated under realistic beam conditions. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the detector concept, characterize its current performance and limitations, and provide input for the optimization and final design of the detection system to be used in the experiment.
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BibTeX
@misc{athanassiadis2026highflux,
title = {{A high-flux electron detection system to measure non-linear Compton scattering at LUXE}},
author = {Antonios Athanassiadis and Oleksandr Borysov and Florian Burkart and Hannes Dinter-Habermeier and John Hallford and Beate Heinemann and Louis Helary and Luke Hendriks and Ruth Jacobs and Max Kellermeier and Willi Kuropka and Jenny List and Frank Mayet and Gudrid Moortgat-Pick and Evan Ranken and Stefan Schmitt and Ivo Schulthess and Thomas Vinatier and Matthew Wing},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.35519},
eprint = {2609.35519},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.35519},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A high-flux electron detection system to measure non-linear Compton scattering at LUXE
AU - Antonios Athanassiadis
AU - Oleksandr Borysov
AU - Florian Burkart
AU - Hannes Dinter-Habermeier
AU - John Hallford
AU - Beate Heinemann
AU - Louis Helary
AU - Luke Hendriks
AU - Ruth Jacobs
AU - Max Kellermeier
AU - Willi Kuropka
AU - Jenny List
AU - Frank Mayet
AU - Gudrid Moortgat-Pick
AU - Evan Ranken
AU - Stefan Schmitt
AU - Ivo Schulthess
AU - Thomas Vinatier
AU - Matthew Wing
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/28
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.35519
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.35519
AB - This paper presents the development and testing of a high-flux electron detection system designed to measure the energy spectrum of more than 10^9 electrons from laser-electron collisions at the LUXE experiment, planned at DESY. The system is intended to enable precision measurements of non-linear Compton scattering in the strong-field regime of quantum electrodynamics. It combines a scintillating screen observed by a camera system with a spatially segmented detector based on the Cherenkov effect. Prototype tests were conducted at two accelerator facilities, where the performance of the system was evaluated under realistic beam conditions. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the detector concept, characterize its current performance and limitations, and provide input for the optimization and final design of the detection system to be used in the experiment.
ER -