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Electron-beam dynamics in a strong laser field including quantum radiation reaction

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Neitz,  Norman
Division Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society,;

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Di Piazza,  Antonino
Division Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society,;

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Neitz, N., & Di Piazza, A. (2014). Electron-beam dynamics in a strong laser field including quantum radiation reaction. Physical Review A, 90(2): 022102. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.90.022102.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0023-ECD6-B
Abstract
The evolution of an electron beam colliding head-on with a strong plane-wave field is investigated in the framework of strong-field QED including radiation-reaction effects due to photon emission. Employing a kinetic approach to describe the electron and the photon distribution it is shown that at a given total laser fluence the final electron distribution depends on the shape of the laser envelope and on the pulse duration, in contrast to the classical predictions of radiation reaction based on the Landau-Lifshitz equation. Finally, it is investigated how the pair-creation process leads to a nonlinear coupled evolution of the electrons in the beam, of the produced charged particles, and of the emitted photons.