Quantum Larmor radiation from a moving charge in an electromagnetic plane wave background

DOI10.1142/S0217751X12501424zbMATH Open1260.81345arXiv1211.2478MaRDI QIDQ4912263FDOQ4912263

Authors: Gen Nakamura, Kazuhiro Yamamoto 

Publication date: 3 April 2013

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We extend our previous work [Phys. Rev. D83 045030 (2011)], which investigated the first-order quantum effect in the Larmor radiation from a moving charge in a spatially homogeneous time-dependent electric field. Specifically, we investigate the quantum Larmor radiation from a moving charge in a monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave background based on the scalar quantum electrodynamics at the lowest order of the perturbation theory. Using the in-in formalism, we derive the theoretical formula of the total radiation energy from a charged particle in the initial states being at rest and being in a relativistic motion. Expanding the theoretical formula in terms of the Planck constant hbar, we obtain the first-order quantum effect on the Larmor radiation. The quantum effect generally suppresses the total radiation energy compared with the prediction of the classical Larmor formula, which is a contrast to the previous work. The reason is explained by the fact that the radiation from a moving charge in a monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave is expressed in terms of the inelastic collisions between an electron and photons of the background electromagnetic waves.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.2478

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum electrodynamicsradiation by moving charge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Motion of charged particles (78A35) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40)

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