Radiation reaction induced spiral attractors in ultra-intense colliding laser beams

Zheng Gong; Ronghao Hu; Yinren Shou; Bin Qiao; Chiaer Chen; Furong Xu; Xiantu He; Xueqing Ya

doi:10.1016/j.mre.2016.10.005

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