C Müller et al 2009 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42 221001 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/42/22/221001
C Müller, A B Voitkiv and B Najjari
Show affiliationsRadiative recombination of a relativistic electron with a highly charged ion in the presence of an intense laser field is considered. The high electron energy and its strong coupling with the laser field lead to a very broad energy spectrum of the emitted γ-photons featuring very pronounced side wings and showing a saturation at extremely relativistic electron energies. Moreover, characteristic shifts in the angular distribution occur due to the impact of the laser photon momentum.
34.80.Lx Recombination, attachment, and positronium formation
34.80.Qb Laser-modified scattering
52.20.Hv Atomic, molecular, ion, and heavy-particle collisions
Issue 22 (28 November 2009)
Received 14 September 2009, in final form 9 October 2009
Published 30 October 2009
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