Corrigendum: Polarized QED cascades (2021 New J. Phys.23 053025). (7th February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seipt, Daniel; Ridgers, Christopher P; Del Sorbo, Dario; Thomas, Alec G R
• Is Part Of: New journal of physics. Volume 24:Number 2(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-02-07
• Subjects: lepton spin -- photon polarization -- high-intensity laser plasmas -- strong-field QED -- plasma kinetic theory -- radiation & particle generation in plasmas; Physics -- Periodicals; Physics; Periodicals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac48e9
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1367-2630

Abstract

Abstract: In the published version of the paper we made a sign error in the calculation of the direction of the magnetic field in the rest frame of the particles, which affects the definition of the spin-up direction in the collision operators. Correcting this does not affect the main claims of the paper: (i) the reduction of the cascade growth rate, (ii) the polarization of high-energy particles being opposite to Sokolov–Ternov theory, and (iii) an excess or a shortage of particle production in the early stages of cascade development in photon seeded cascades depending on the photon polarization.