Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8205402 | Physics Letters A | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The inexorable development of ever more powerful laser systems has re-ignited interest in electromagnetic radiation reaction and its significance for the collective behavior of charged matter interacting with intense electromagnetic fields. The classical radiation reaction force on a point electron is non-conservative, and this has led some authors to question the validity of methods used to model ultra-intense laser-matter interactions including radiation reaction. We explain why such concern is unwarranted.
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Authors
David A. Burton, Adam Noble,