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On stochastic electron motion in colliding plane waves

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Abstract

The stochastic dynamics of an electron in counterpropagating linearly polarized laser beams is analyzed using a recently developed 3/2-dimensional Hamiltonian approach.

It is shown that perpendicular canonical momenta of the electron suppress stochasticity, helping to explain the results from recently reported numerical studies of stochastic dynamics in a similar setting.

The stochasticity in a perpendicular polarization setup is demonstrated.

Lastly, the impact of radiation friction effects is considered and shown to be negligible in the classical radiation reaction limit.

Publication: A.R. Knyazev, S.I. Krasheninnikov, PHYSICAL REVIEW E 103, 063213 (2021)

Presenters

  • Alexey R Knyazev

    University of California, San Diego

Authors

  • Alexey R Knyazev

    University of California, San Diego

  • Sergei Krasheninnikov

    University of California, San Diego