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Evaluation Of Laser-Assisted Bremsstrahlung With Dirac-Volkov Propagators, Erik Lotstedt, Ulrich D. Jentschura, Christoph H. Keitel

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We study spontaneous bremsstrahlung emission in a highly intense laser field. In this regime the interaction with the laser field has to be treated nonperturbatively by using the relativistic formalism including Dirac-Volkov propagators, while the interaction with the Coulomb field and the bremsstrahlung radiation can be treated in first-order perturbation theory. For the intermediate electron state a fully laser-dressed propagator is used, including radiative corrections to avoid singularities on the mass shell. We find that the use of the Dirac-Volkov propagator is crucial to obtain correct numerical results. The cross section of the process is evaluated for laser intensities of …