Nonlinear Radiation Pressure and Stochasticity in Ultraintense Laser Fields

Details Nonlinear Radiation Pressure and Stochasticity in Ultraintense Laser Fields Nonlinear Radiation Pressure and Stochasticity in Ultraintense Laser Fields

1998-02-13

arxiv.org/abs/physics/9802025v2

Phys. Rev. E 59, 2281-2285 (1999)

Physics

Plasma Physics

5 pages, 4 figures; uses RevTex, epsf macros. Corrected, expanded version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.59.2281

The radiation force on a single electron in an ultraintense plane wave ($a = eE/mc\omega \sim 1$) is calculated and shown to be proportional to $a^4$ in the high-$a$ limit for arbitrary waveform and polarization. The cyclotron motion of an electron in a constant magnetic field and an ultraintense plane wave is numerically found to be quasiperiodic even in the high-$a$ limit if the magnetic field is not too strong, as suggested by previous analytical work. A strong magnetic field causes highly chaotic electron motion and the boundary of the highly chaotic region of parameter space is determined numerically. Applications to experiments and astrophysics are briefly discussed.

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