On the entropy of radiation reaction

David Burton; Adam Noble

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2014.02.006

On the entropy of radiation reaction

David Burton, Adam Noble

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Abstract

The inexorable development of ever more powerful laser systems has re-ignited interest in electromagnetic radiation reaction and its significance for the collective behavior of charged matter interacting with intense electromagnetic fields. The classical radiation reaction force on a point electron is non-conservative, and this has led some authors to question the validity of methods used to model ultra-intense laser–matter interactions including radiation reaction. We explain why such concern is unwarranted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1031-1035
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters A
Volume	378
Issue number	14-15
Early online date	11 Feb 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2014.02.006
Publication status	Published - 7 Mar 2014

Keywords

radiation reaction
thermodynamics
ultra-intense lasers

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