Abstract

As a toy model for QED in strong background fields, we consider the impact of back-reaction and loop effects on scattering processes in quantum optics. We show that neglecting back-reaction misses qualitative and quantitative features of strong-field physics. We are able to study an analogue of the Narozhny-Ritus conjecture on the scaling of higher loop diagrams with intensity: we prove that there is no corresponding behaviour in our model. Implications for QED are identified and discussed.

Publication Date

2020-03-31

Publication Title

Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Publisher

American Physical Society

ISSN

1550-2368

Embargo Period

2024-11-22

Comments

9 pages, 6 figures. v2: typo corrected

Keywords

hep-ph, hep-ph

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