title: Radiation reaction and relativistic hydrodynamics.
abstract: By invoking the radiation reaction force, first perturbatively derived by Landau and Lifschitz, and later shown by Rohrlich to be exact for a single particle, we construct a set of fluid equations obeyed by a relativistic plasma interacting with the radiation field. After showing that this approach reproduces the known results for a locally Maxwellian plasma, we derive and display the basic dynamical equations for a general magnetized plasma in which the radiation reaction force augments the direct Lorentz force.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, The Georgian Academy of Science, 6 Tamarashvili Street, 380077 Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Berezhiani
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hazeltine
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mahajan