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A R Knyazev1, S I Krasheninnikov1
1University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0411, USA.
Abstract:
The stochastic dynamics of an electron in counterpropagating linearly polarized laser beams is analyzed using a recently developed 3/2-dimensional Hamiltonian approach. It is shown that perpendicular canonical momenta suppress stochasticity, helping to explain the results from recently reported numerical studies of stochastic dynamics in a similar setting. The stochasticity in a perpendicular polarization setup is demonstrated. Lastly, the impact of radiation friction effects is considered, and shown to be negligible in the classical radiation reaction limit.
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