Radiation reaction effects on the interaction of an electron with an intense laser pulse.
Radiation reaction effects will play an important role in near-future laser facilities, yet their theoretical description remains obscure. We explore the Ford-O'Connell equation for radiation reaction, and discuss its relation to other commonly used treatments. By analyzing the interaction of a high energy electron in an intense laser pulse, we find that radiation reaction effects prevent the particle from accessing a regime in which the Landau-Lifshitz approximation breaks down.
Department of Physics, SUPA and University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom.
Yevgen
Y
Kravets
Adam
A
Noble
Dino
D
Jaroszynski