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Emission and its back-reaction accompanying electron motion in relativistically strong and QED-strong pulsed laser fields

Authors :
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)
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)
Source :
Physical Review E : Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, Physical Review E : Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, American Physical Society, 2010, 81 (3), pp.036412.1-036412.13. ⟨10.1103/physreve.81.036412⟩
Publication Year :
2009

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.<br />14 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Phys.Rev. E

Details

ISSN :
15502376 and 15393755
Volume :
81
Issue :
3 Pt 2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....339f90f80aae37bbb91c66512e1e4c26
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.81.036412⟩