Estimation of the Inverse Compton Scattering Background in MeV Gamma-Gamma Collider

arXiv:2510.24759v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The MeV Gamma-Gamma Collider would provide a direct experimental platform for elastic light-by-light scattering ($gammagamma to gammagamma$) and the Breit-Wheeler process with two real photons ($gammagamma to e^+e^-$). A Monte Carlo code, the Genie Background Evaluation Tool (GBET), has been developed to fully simulate two successive inverse Compton scatterings in the linear regime, including $e^- + text{laser} to e^-+ gamma$ and $e^- + gamma rightarrow e^- + gamma$. GBET overcomes the inherent information loss in traditional luminosity-spectrum-based chain simulations, preserving full particle-level information and achieving higher physical fidelity. The effectiveness of the code is verified by benchmarking against the simulation results of CAIN. GBET shows that the event rate of background photons generated by the first inverse Compton scattering is $6.24 times 10^7$/s, with energies below 18 eV; the second inverse Compton scattering generates background electrons at 51.99/s and photons at 0.99/s, both with energies below 11 MeV. In addition, M{o}ller scattering contributes background electrons at 0.56/s with energies around 200 MeV. The count rates of background electrons and positrons originating from the Breit-Wheeler process are 1312.2/s and 1314.3/s, respectively, with energy distributions ranging from 511 to 720 keV.

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