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Quantum statistical theory of radiation friction of a relativistic electron

G. F. Efremov, V. V. Sharkov

N. I. Lobachevski State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Abstract: We comprehensively investigate the effect of quantum space–time nonlocality that accounts for retardation of the electron interaction with both the electron's own radiation field and the fluctuation field of the electromagnetic vacuum. We rigorously show that the quantum nonlocality effect eliminates the self-acceleration and the causality violation paradoxes that are inherent in the classical theory of radiation friction.

Keywords: generalized radiation friction force, theory of open quantum systems, quantum statistics, electromagnetic vacuum, Brownian motion.

Received: 30.11.2007
Revised: 27.06.2008

DOI: 10.4213/tmf6328

 English version: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 2009, 158:3, 406–421

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