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| Publication date | 2011 |
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| Host publication | Laser acceleration of electrons, protons, and ions and medical applications of laser-generated secondary sources of radiation and particles |
| Editors | WP Leemans, E Esarey, SM Hooker, KWD Ledingham, K Spohr, P McKenna |
| Place of Publication | BELLINGHAM |
| Publisher | SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING |
| Pages | - |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (print) | 978-0-81948-669-1 |
| <mark>Original language</mark> | English |
| Event | Conference on Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Secondary Sources of Radiation and Particles - Prague Duration: 18/04/2011 → 20/04/2011 |
| Conference | Conference on Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Secondary Sources of Radiation and Particles |
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| City | Prague |
| Period | 18/04/11 → 20/04/11 |
| Conference | Conference on Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Secondary Sources of Radiation and Particles |
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| City | Prague |
| Period | 18/04/11 → 20/04/11 |
Modern accelerators and light sources subject bunches of charged particles to quasiperiodic motion in extremely high electric fields, under which they may emit a substantial fraction of their energy. To properly describe the motion of these particle bunches, we require a kinetic theory of radiation reaction. We develop such a theory based on the notorious Lorentz-Dirac equation, and explore how it reduces to the usual Vlasov theory in the appropriate limit. As a simple illustration of the theory, we explore the radiative damping of Langmuir waves.