2008/10/31 by A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan +2 · 2 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Electron #Laser #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma #Momentum (technical analysis) #Nuclear physics #Optics #Physics #Plasma #Pulse (music) #Radiation #Scattering #Thomson scattering #physics.class-ph #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.102.254802
published as Phys.Rev.Lett.102:254802,2009 · 4 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2009/06/26 · openalex publication_date 2009/06/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The influence of radiation reaction (RR) on multiphoton Thomson scattering by an electron colliding head-on with a strong laser beam is investigated in a new regime, in which the momentum transferred on average to the electron by the laser pulse approximately compensates the one initially prepared. This equilibrium is shown to be far more sensitive to the influence of RR than previously studied scenarios. As a consequence, RR can be experimentally investigated with currently available laser systems and the underlying widely discussed theoretical equations become testable for the first time.