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Nonlinear Compton scattering is the process of emission of a single photon by a charge driven by an intense laser field. Here, we study the infrared behavior of the photon yield emitted via nonlinear Compton scattering. We first consider…
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Radiation reaction has been investigated traditionally in classical dynamics and recently in non-linear QED for high-intensity field physics by high-intensity lasers. The non-linearity of QED is predicted as the coupling between a highly…
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