The applicability range of different forms of the radiation friction force in the ultrarelativistic electron interaction with electromagnetic wave (exact solutions)

Abstract

When the effects of radiation reaction dominate the interaction of electrons with intense laser pulses, the electron dynamics changes qualitatively. The adequate theoretical description of this regime becomes crucially important with the use of the radiation friction force either in the Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac form, which possess unphysical runaway solutions, or in the Landau-Lifshitz form, which is a perturbation valid for relatively low electromagnetic wave amplitude. The goal of the present paper is to find the limits of the Landau-Lifshitz radiation force applicability in terms of the electromagnetic wave amplitude and frequency. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.