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Exact solution of the Landau-Lifshitz equation in a plane wave

arXiv:0801.1751

Abstract

The Landau-Lifshitz form of the Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac equation in the presence of a plane wave of arbitrary shape and polarization is solved exactly and in closed form. The explicit solution is presented in the particular, paradigmatic cases of a constant crossed field and of a monochromatic wave with circular and with linear polarization.

11 pages, Lett. Math. Phys. vol. 83, 305 (2008)