Radiation reaction and limiting acceleration
arXiv:2112.04444 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.016024
Abstract
We investigate the strong acceleration properties of the radiation reaction force and identify a new and promising limiting acceleration feature in the Eliezer-Ford-O'Connell model; in the strong field regime, for many field configurations, we find an upper limit to acceleration resulting in a bound to the rate of radiation emission. If this model applies, strongly accelerated particles are losing energy at a much slower pace than predicted by the usual radiation reaction benchmark, the Landau-Lifshitz equation, which certainly cannot be used in this regime. We explore examples involving various "constant" electromagnetic field configurations and study particle motion in a light plane wave as well as in a material medium.
arXiv comment14 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
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