Radiation reaction in strong field QED
Journal article, 2013
We derive radiation reaction from QED in a strong background field. We identify, in general, the diagrams and processes contributing to recoil effects in the average momentum of a scattered electron, using perturbation theory in the Furry picture: we work to lowest nontrivial order in a. For the explicit example of scattering in a plane wave background, we compare QED with classical electrodynamics in the limit h -> 0, finding agreement with the Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac and Landau-Lifshitz equations, and with Larmor's formula. The first quantum corrections are also presented.
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Author
Antony Ilderton
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Theory
Greger Torgrimsson
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Theory
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
0370-2693 (ISSN)
Vol. 725 4-5 481-486Subject Categories
Physical Sciences
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2013.07.045