Attractors and chaos of electron dynamics in electromagnetic standing waves

0522075 - FZÚ 2020 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Esirkepov, T.Z. - Bulanov, S.S. - Koga, J.K. - Kando, M. - Kondo, K. - Rosanov, N.N. - Korn, Georg - Bulanov, S.V.
Attractors and chaos of electron dynamics in electromagnetic standing waves.
Physics Letters. A. Roč. 379, č. 36 (2015), s. 2044-2054. ISSN 0375-9601. E-ISSN 1873-2429
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : standing wave * radiation reaction * quantum electrodynamics * limit cycle * strange attractor
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 1.677, year: 2015
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2015.06.017

In an electromagnetic standing wave formed by two super-intense colliding laser pulses, radiation reaction totally modifies the electron motion. The quantum corrections to the electron motion and the radiation reaction force can be independently small or large, depending on the laser intensity and wavelength, thus dividing the parameter space into 4 domains. The electron motion evolves to limit cycles and strange attractors when radiation reaction dominates. This creates a new framework for high energy physics experiments on the interaction of energetic charged particle beams and colliding super-intense laser pulses.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0306576