Phys. Rev. E 65, 028501 (2002) [3 pages]Comment on “Vacuum electron acceleration by coherent dipole radiation”Received 20 July 2000; published 18 January 2002 Troha et al. [Phys. Rev. E 60, 926 (1999)] put forward a generalized Lawson-Woodward theorem in the study of laser accelerations. We point out that one of the assumptions used in their proof does not stand on a solid physical ground and that it is possible for electrons to obtain net energy gains from a plane-wave laser pulse in vacuum even if the radiation reaction effects are neglected. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.028501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.65.028501
PACS:
41.75.Jv, 41.20.-q, 42.50.Vk
See AlsoOriginal Article: A. L. Troha, J. R. Van Meter, E. C. Landahl, R. M. Alvis, Z. A. Unterberg, K. Li, N. C. Luhmann, A. K. Kerman, and F. V. Hartemann, Vacuum electron acceleration by coherent dipole radiation, Phys. Rev. E 60, 926 (1999). |
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