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Relativistic Nonlinear Electrodynamics

Interaction of Charged Particles with Strong and Super Strong Laser Fields

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Hamlet Avetissian

    1. Department of Quantum Electronics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia

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  • First book on the subject matter of relativistic nonlinear electrodynamics
  • Presents new results on various nonlinear electromagnetic phenomena
  • The topics discussed will be the center of fundamental research in the next decade
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 120)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Interaction of a Charged Particle with Strong Plane Electromagnetic Wave in Vacuum

    Pages 1-45

  3. Interaction of Charged Particles with Strong Electromagnetic Wave in Dielectric Media. Induced Nonlinear Cherenkov Process

    Pages 47-80

  4. Quantum Theory of Induced Multiphoton Cherenkov Process

    Pages 81-110

  5. Cyclotron Resonance at the Particle-Strong Wave Interaction

    Pages 111-144

  6. Nonlinear Dynamics of Induced Compton and Undulator Processes

    Pages 145-170

  7. Induced Nonstationary Transition Process

    Pages 171-203

  8. Induced Channeling Process in a Crystal

    Pages 205-235

  9. Nonlinear Mechanisms of Free Electron Laser

    Pages 237-289

  10. Electron-Positron Pair Production in Superstrong Laser Fields

    Pages 291-327

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 329-333
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About this book

Withtheappearanceoflasershavecomerealpossibilitiesofrevealingnum- ous nonlinear phenomena of diverse nature resulting from the interaction of strong electromagnetic ?eld either with matter or with free charged particles. First attempts of investigators, especially experimentalists, were directed - ward studying the processes of interaction of laser radiation with matter, which led to the rapid formation of a new ?eld — Nonlinear Optics. The numerous published monographs on this subject are evidence of that. The situation regarding the processes of interaction of laser radiation with free charged particles (free–free transitions) is di?erent. Whereas the experim- tal results on atomic systems frequently had preceded the theoretical ones, the experimental investigations on free electrons began gathering power only recently. Itisenoughtomentionthatthe?rstexperimentsontheobservation of multiphoton exchange between free electrons and laser radiation started in 1975 (the Cherenkov and bremsstrahlung processes) whereas, due to the progress of Nonlinear Optics, the precision laser spectroscopy of superhigh resolution on atomic systems had already been established. This situation is explained by two objective factors. Whereas the experiments on atoms require only laser devices in common laboratories, the experiments on free electron beams require accelerators of charged particles and laser labora- ries, i. e. , this ?eld is a synthesis of Accelerator and Laser Physics. The second major factor is the smallness of the photon–electron interaction cross section in comparison with the photon–atom one; revealing nonlinear phenomena on free electrons thus requires laser ?elds of relativistic intensities (e. g. , even the observation of the second harmonic innonlinear Compton scattering).

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"Relativistic Nonlinear Electrodynamics is Volume 20 in the Springer Series in Optical Sciences … . is useful to research scientists and engineers who need up-to-date reference books. … I enjoyed this book. It is a valuable addition to Springer Series in Optical Sciences. We repeat once again that the author whose research experience in the field is both wide ranging and impressive, is exceptionally well placed to write this book every page of which reflects his painstaking efforts and a total dedication to the task." (Current Engineering Practice, 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Quantum Electronics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia

    Hamlet Avetissian

About the editor

Professor Avetissian has over 30 years of experience in the area of Nonlinear Electrodynamics of charged particles and strong laser fields. He is the author of the new nonlinear threshold phenomena in coherent radiation processes, which are potential mechanisms for Laser Accelerators and Free Electron Lasers, and has published more than 100 articles in the most prestigious international scientific journals. For his significant achievements he was awarded several National awards and the President of the Republic Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of the Science.

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