Radiation reaction near the classical limit in aligned crystals

C. F. Nielsen; J. B. Justesen; A. H. Sørensen; U. I. Uggerhøj; R. Holtzapple; (CERN NA63 Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.052004

Radiation reaction near the classical limit in aligned crystals

C. F. Nielsen, J. B. Justesen, A. H. Sørensen, U. I. Uggerhøj, R. Holtzapple, (CERN NA63 Collaboration)

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An accelerated charged particle emits electromagnetic radiation. If the driving force is sufficiently strong, the radiated energy becomes comparable to the kinetic energy of the particle and the backaction of the emitted radiation (radiation reaction) significantly alters the dynamics of the particle. The Landau-Lifshitz (LL) equation has been proposed as the classical equation to describe the dynamics of a charged particle in a strong electromagnetic field when the effects of radiation reaction are taken into account. Hitherto, the experimental problem in validating the LL equation has been to achieve sufficiently strong fields for the radiation reaction to be important without quantum effects being prominent. Notwithstanding, here we provide a quantitative experimental test of the LL equation by measuring the emission spectrum for a wide range of settings for 50 GeV positrons crossing aligned silicon single crystals near the (110) planar channeling regime as well as 40 and 80 GeV electrons traversing aligned diamond single crystals near the ⟨100

Original language	English
Article number	052004
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	102
Issue	5
Number of pages	21
ISSN	2470-0010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.052004
Publication status	Published - Sept 2020

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