Abstract
We investigate the evolution of a circularly polarized wave in a cold plasma in a regime when radiation reaction is essential. A new effect is that circularly polarized transverse waves become unstable with respect to partial conversion to the longitudinal ones. This effect appears due to radiation reaction entirely and in principle could be implemented for particle acceleration. We provide analytical expression for arising longitudinal field in the case, when it is much smaller, than transverse one.
Dokumententyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
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Fakultät: | Physik |
Themengebiete: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik |
ISSN: | 1742-6588 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 55783 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 14. Jun. 2018, 10:00 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 04. Nov. 2020, 13:36 |