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The radiative self-force and charged fluids

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Publication date9/05/2013
Host publicationLaser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions II; and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Beams of Particles II; and Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves III
EditorsEric Esarey, Carl B. Schroeder, Wim P. Leemans, Kenneth W. D. Ledingham, Dino A. Jaroszyski
PublisherSPIE
Volume8779
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We develop a new fluid model of a warm plasma that includes the radiative self-force on each plasma electron. Our approach is a natural generalization of established methods for generating fluid models without radiation reaction. The equilibrium of a magnetized plasma is analysed, and it is shown that the thermal motion is confined to the magnetic field lines. A dispersion relation is deduced for electric waves in a magnetized plasma, and it is shown to agree with our recently established relativistic kinetic theory derived from the Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac equation.