Radiation beaming in the quantum regime

Blackburn, T. G.; Seipt, D.; Bulanov, S. S.; Marklund, M.

doi:10.1103/physreva.101.012505

Title: Radiation beaming in the quantum regime

Journal Article · 09 January 2020 · Physical Review A

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.101.012505 · OSTI ID:1780733

^[1]; Seipt, D. ^[2]; Bulanov, S. S. ^[3]; Marklund, M. ^[1]

Univ. of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Classical theories of radiation reaction predict that the electron motion is confined to the plane defined by the electron's instantaneous momentum and the force exerted by the external electromagnetic field. However, in the quantum radiation reaction regime, where the recoil exerted by individual quanta becomes significant, the electron can scatter "out of plane," as the photon is emitted into a cone with finite opening angle. We show that Monte Carlo implementation of an angularly resolved emission rate leads to substantially improved agreement with exact QED calculations of nonlinear Compton scattering. Finally, we show that the transverse recoil caused by this finite beaming, while negligible in many high-intensity scenarios, can be identified in the increase in divergence, in the plane perpendicular to the laser polarization and wave vector, of a high-energy electron beam that interacts with a linearly polarized, ultraintense laser.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Swedish Research Council; US Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1780733

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 101; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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