Non-linear Breit–Wheeler process with linearly polarized beams

We study the non-linear Breit–Wheeler process {\overrightarrow{\gamma }}^{\prime}+\vec{L}\to {e}^{+}+{e}^{-} in the interaction of linearly polarized probe photons ( {\overrightarrow{\gamma }}^{\prime} ) with a linearly polarized laser beam ( \vec{L} ). In particular, we consider the asymmetry of the total cross section and the azimuthal electron distributions when the polarizations of the photon and laser beams in the initial...