Quantum Radiation Reaction: From Interference to Incoherence
Journal article, 2016

We investigate quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron interactions across different energy and intensity regimes. Using a fully quantum approach which also accounts exactly for the effect of the strong laser pulse on the electron motion, we identify in particular a regime in which radiation reaction is dominated by quantum interference. We find signatures of quantum radiation reaction in the electron spectra which have no classical analogue and which cannot be captured by the incoherent approximations typically used in the high-intensity regime. These signatures are measurable with presently available laser and accelerator technology.

Author

Victor Dinu

Politehnica University of Bucharest (UPB)

Christopher Harvey

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Antony Ilderton

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Mattias Marklund

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Greger Torgrimsson

Chalmers, Physics, Theoretical Physics

Physical Review Letters

0031-9007 (ISSN) 1079-7114 (eISSN)

Vol. 116 4 044801

Subject Categories

Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.044801

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