Narrowing of the emission angle in high-intensity Compton scattering
Journal article, 2016

We consider the emission spectrum of high-energy electrons in an intense laser field. At high intensities (a_0 \sim 200) we find that the QED theory predicts a narrower angular spread of emissions than the classical theory. This is due to the classical theory overestimating the energy loss of the particles, resulting in them becoming more susceptible to reflection in the laser pulse.

Author

Christopher Harvey

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Arkady Gonoskov

Russian Academy of Sciences

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Lobachevsky University

Mattias Marklund

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Erik Karl Wallstén Wallin

Umeå University

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

24699926 (ISSN) 24699934 (eISSN)

Vol. 93 2 022112

Subject Categories

Physical Chemistry

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Other Physics Topics

Roots

Basic sciences

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.93.022112

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