title: Inverse bremsstrahlung in relativistic quantum plasmas.
abstract: We study the absorption of an intense electromagnetic wave in a plasma by inverse bremsstrahlung, in the relativistic quantum regime, by using the Klein-Gordon (KG) equation. We examine the following points: (1) the solutions of the KG equation in the absence of collisions; (2) the transition probabilities between electron momentum states, and (3) the effective collision frequency in the weak and strong field limits.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, University of São Paulo SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.forename: R M O
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Galvão
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serbeto
authors.forename: Shi-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Ang