On the entropy of radiation reaction
Plasma Physics
2014-03-03 v1 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
The inexorable development of ever more powerful laser systems has re-ignited interest in electromagnetic radiation reaction and its significance for the collective behaviour 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.
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@article{arxiv.1310.5906,
title = {On the entropy of radiation reaction},
author = {David A Burton and Adam Noble},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.5906},
year = {2014}
}
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8 pages