Theory of radiative electron polarization in strong laser fields

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Funding details: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EPSRC, EP/M018156/1 Funding details: W911NF-16-1-0044 Funding details: Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC, ST/G008248/1 Funding text 1: D.S. acknowledges valuable discussions with J. Gratus, T. Heinzl, A. Ilderton, B. King, and M. Korostelev, and support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council, Grant No. ST/G008248/1. C.P.R. and D.D.S. acknowledge support from Engineering and Physical Sciences Grant No. EP/M018156/1. A.G.R.T. acknowledges support from U. S. DOD under Grant No. W911NF-16-1-0044. APPENDIX A: References: Patrignani, C., The review of particle physics (2016) Chin. Phys. C, 40, p. 100001; David Jackson, J., (1983) Klassische Elektrodynamik, , 2nd ed. (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin); Anselmino, M., Efremov, A., Leader, E., The theory and phenomenology of polarized deep inelastic scattering (1995) Phys. Rep., 261, p. 1; Steven, D., Bass, The Proton Spin Puzzle: Where Are We Today? 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