On the entropy of radiation reaction

Burton, David and Noble, Adam (2014) On the entropy of radiation reaction. Physics Letters A, 378 (14-15). pp. 1031-1035. ISSN 0375-9601

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Abstract

The inexorable development of ever more powerful laser systems has re-ignited interest in electromagnetic radiation reaction and its significance for the collective behaviour of charged matter interacting with intense electromagnetic fields. The classical radiation reaction force on a point electron is non-conservative, and this has led some authors to question the validity of methods used to model ultra-intense laser-matter interactions including radiation reaction. We explain why such concern is unwarranted.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Physics Letters A

Additional Information:

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3100

Subjects:

?? radiation reactionultra-intense lasersthermodynamicsgeneral physics and astronomyphysics and astronomy(all) ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics

ID Code:

67279

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

24 Oct 2013 14:49

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

19 Sep 2025 07:10

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/67279

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