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@article{Poder:2018:10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031004,
author = {Poder, K and Tamburini, M and Sarri, G and Di, Piazza A and Kuschel, S and Baird, CD and Behm, K and Bohlen, S and Cole, JM and Corvan, J and Duff, M and Gerstmayr, E and Keitel, CH and Krushelnick, K and Mangles, SPD and McKenna, P and Murphy, CD and Najmudin, Z and Ridgers, CP and Samarin, GM and Symes, DR and Thomas, AGR and Warwick, J and Zepf, M},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031004},
journal = {Physical Review X},
title = {Experimental signatures of the quantum nature of radiation reaction in the field of an ultraintense laser},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031004},
volume = {8},
year = {2018}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - The description of the dynamics of an electron in an external electromagnetic field of arbitrary intensity is one of the most fundamental outstanding problems in electrodynamics. Remarkably, to date, there is no unanimously accepted theoretical solution for ultrahigh intensities and little or no experimental data. The basic challenge is the inclusion of the self-interaction of the electron with the field emitted by the electron itself—the so-called radiation reaction force. We report here on the experimental evidence of strong radiation reaction, in an all-optical experiment, during the propagation of highly relativistic electrons (maximum energy exceeding 2 GeV) through the field of an ultraintense laser (peak intensity of 4×1020 W/cm2). In their own rest frame, the highest-energy electrons experience an electric field as high as one quarter of the critical field of quantum electrodynamics and are seen to lose up to 30% of their kinetic energy during the propagation through the laser field. The experimental data show signatures of quantum effects in the electron dynamics in the external laser field, potentially showing departures from the constant cross field approximation.
AU - Poder,K
AU - Tamburini,M
AU - Sarri,G
AU - Di,Piazza A
AU - Kuschel,S
AU - Baird,CD
AU - Behm,K
AU - Bohlen,S
AU - Cole,JM
AU - Corvan,J
AU - Duff,M
AU - Gerstmayr,E
AU - Keitel,CH
AU - Krushelnick,K
AU - Mangles,SPD
AU - McKenna,P
AU - Murphy,CD
AU - Najmudin,Z
AU - Ridgers,CP
AU - Samarin,GM
AU - Symes,DR
AU - Thomas,AGR
AU - Warwick,J
AU - Zepf,M
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031004
PY - 2018///
SN - 2160-3308
TI - Experimental signatures of the quantum nature of radiation reaction in the field of an ultraintense laser
T2 - Physical Review X
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031004
UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000437673400002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/73880
VL - 8
ER -