1. Emission and its back-reaction accompanying electron motion in relativistically strong and QED-strong pulsed laser fields
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Gerard Mourou, Igor V. Sokolov, Victor Yanovsky, Natalia M. Naumova, John Nees, Space Physics Research Laboratory [Ann Arbor] (SPRL), University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System-University of Michigan System, Center for Ultrafast Optical Sciences (CUOS), Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (LOA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de la Lumiére Extrême (ILE), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Physics ,Range (particle radiation) ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,Field (physics) ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Electron ,Laser ,01 natural sciences ,Electromagnetic radiation ,Physics - Plasma Physics ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Pulse (physics) ,law.invention ,Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) ,law ,Quantum electrodynamics ,0103 physical sciences ,Physics::Atomic Physics ,Quantum field theory ,010306 general physics ,Lepton - Abstract
The emission from an electron in the field of a relativistically strong laser pulse is analyzed. At pulse intensities of J > 2 10^22 W/cm2 the emission from counter-propagating electrons is modified by the effects of Quantum ElectroDynamics (QED), as long as the electron energy is sufficiently high: E > 1 GeV. The radiation force experienced by an electron is for the first time derived from the QED principles and its applicability range is extended towards the QED-strong fields., 14 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Phys.Rev. E
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- 2009
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