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View SchemaNonlinear Radiation Pressure and Stochasticity in Ultraintense Laser Fields
| Authors | Joel E. Moore |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9802025 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9802025 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.2281 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. E 59, 2281-2285 (1999) |
Abstract
The radiation force on a single electron in an ultraintense plane wave ($a = eE/mc\omega \sim 1$) is calculated and shown to be proportional to $a^4$ in the high-$a$ limit for arbitrary waveform and polarization. The cyclotron motion of an electron in a constant magnetic field and an ultraintense plane wave is numerically found to be quasiperiodic even in the high-$a$ limit if the magnetic field is not too strong, as suggested by previous analytical work. A strong magnetic field causes highly chaotic electron motion and the boundary of the highly chaotic region of parameter space is determined numerically. Applications to experiments and astrophysics are briefly discussed.
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