Charged particles in an intense, plane electromagnetic wave: Limitations of the nonrelativistic theory
DOI10.1063/1.525718zbMath0509.76109MaRDI QIDQ4749518
Publication date: 1983
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525718
Klein-Gordon equation; low frequency limit; nonrelativistic approximation; WKB calculations; Galilean frame of reference at speed of light; gaps in momentum spectrum; perturbation series expansion for eigenvalues of Mathieu's equation; plane wave electromagnetic field
81Q05: Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics
81T20: Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds
81V10: Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics
81Q15: Perturbation theories for operators and differential equations in quantum theory
70H20: Hamilton-Jacobi equations in mechanics
78A35: Motion of charged particles
76X05: Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow
