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arXiv:1301.6499 (hep-th)
[Submitted on 28 Jan 2013 (v1), last revised 31 Jul 2013 (this version, v2)]

Title:Radiation reaction in strong field QED

Authors:Anton Ilderton, Greger Torgrimsson
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Abstract:We derive radiation reaction from QED in a strong background field. We identify, in general, the diagrams and processes contributing to recoil effects in the average momentum of a scattered electron, using perturbation theory in the Furry picture: we work to lowest nontrivial order in the electromagnetic coupling alpha. For the explicit example of scattering in a plane wave background, we compare QED with classical electrodynamics in the limit h-bar goes to zero, finding agreement with the Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac and Landau-Lifshitz equations, and with Larmor's formula. The first quantum corrections are also presented.
Comments: Version2: 7 pages, 2 figures. Discussion of related results and applications extended, references added. Matches version to appear in Phys.Lett.B
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Classical Physics (physics.class-ph); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:1301.6499 [hep-th]
  (or arXiv:1301.6499v2 [hep-th] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1301.6499
Journal reference: Phys. Lett. B 725 (2013) 481
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.07.045

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From: Anton Ilderton [view email]
[v1] Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:12:42 UTC (25 KB)
[v2] Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:48:27 UTC (56 KB)
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