Rutherford scattering with radiation damping

C. E. Aguiar, F. A. Barone
2009 American Journal of Physics  
We study the effect of radiation damping on the classical scattering of charged particles. Using a perturbation method based on the Runge-Lenz vector, we calculate radiative corrections to the Rutherford cross section, and the corresponding energy and angular momentum losses.
doi:10.1119/1.3065026 fatcat:dnfn3idmbjf2vbwl6lehst7umy