https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80218-3
Regular Article
Effective charge of intense laser pulses in plasmas*
1 IPFN, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
2 Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
3 Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, BR-24210-340 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
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e-mail: titomend@ist.utl.pt
Received: 28 March 2017
Received in final form: 5 May 2017
Published online: 29 August 2017
We explore the concept of effective charge of intense photon beams propagating in a plasma. We consider the relativistic and quantum regimes.
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