Detecting radiation reaction at moderate laser intensities.

Authors

Thomas Heinzl, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Chris Harvey, Chalmers University of Technology
Anton Ilderton, Chalmers University of Technology
Mattias Marklund, Chalmers University of Technology
Stepan S. Bulanov, University of California at Berkeley
Sergey Rykovanov, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Carl B. Schroeder, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Eric Esarey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Wim P. Leemans, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

ORCID

• Thomas Heinzl: 0000-0001-8954-1986

Abstract

We propose a new method of detecting radiation reaction effects in the motion of particles subjected to laser pulses of moderate intensity and long duration. The effect becomes sizable for particles that gain almost no energy through the interaction with the laser pulse. Hence, there are regions of parameter space in which radiation reaction is actually the dominant influence on charged particle motion.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevE.91.023207

Publication Date

2015-01-01

Publication Title

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys

Volume

91

Issue

2

Recommended Citation

Heinzl, T., Harvey, C., Ilderton, A., Marklund, M., Bulanov, S., Rykovanov, S., Schroeder, C., Esarey, E., & Leemans, W. (2015) 'Detecting radiation reaction at moderate laser intensities.', Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 91(2). Available at: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.023207