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small correction in doc: FP -> Niel
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doc/Sphinx/namelist.rst

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* ``"none"``: no radiation
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* ``"Landau-Lifshitz"`` (or ``ll``): Landau-Lifshitz model approximated for high energies
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* ``"corrected-Landau-Lifshitz"`` (or ``cll``): with quantum correction
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* ``""Niel"``: a `stochastic radiation model <https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.02618>`_ based on the work of Niel `et al.`.
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* ``"Niel"``: a `stochastic radiation model <https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.02618>`_ based on the work of Niel `et al.`.
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* ``"Monte-Carlo"`` (or ``mc``): Monte-Carlo radiation model. This model can be configured to generate macro-photons with :py:data:`radiation_photon_species`.
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This parameter cannot be assigned to photons (mass = 0).

doc/Sphinx/radiation_loss.rst

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+ \frac{54 \chi^5 \nu^4}{\left( 2 + 3 \nu \chi \right)^5} K_{2/3}(\nu) \right]}
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In :program:`Smilei` the corresponding description is accessible for an electron species by defining
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``radiation_model = "Fokker-Planck"`` or ``"FP"`` in the ``Species()`` block (see :doc:`namelist` for details).
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``radiation_model = "Niel"`` in the ``Species()`` block (see :doc:`namelist` for details).
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The classical regime :math:`\chi \ll 1`
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Equation :eq:`NielStochasticForce` is implemented in :program:`Smilei` using
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a simple explicit scheme, see [Niel2018]_ Sec. VI.B for more details.
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This stochastic diffusive model is accessible in the species configuration
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under the name ``Fokker-Planck`` (equiv. ``FP``).
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under the name ``Niel``.
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The direct computation of Eq. :eq:`Nielh` during the emission process is too expensive.
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For performance issues, :program:`Smilei` uses tabulated values or fit functions.
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as discussed in :ref:`DiagRadiationSpectrum`, and given by Eq. :eq:`radiatedPowerSpectrum` (see also [Niel2018b]_).
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:numref:`radSpectra` presents for both values of the initial quantum parameter :math:`\chi=0.1` and :math:`\chi=1`
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the resulting power spectra obtained from the different models, focusing of the (continuous) corrected-Landau-Lifshitz (``cLL``),
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(stochastic) Fokker-Planck (``FP``) and Monte-Carlo (``MC``) models.
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(stochastic) Fokker-Planck (``Niel``) and Monte-Carlo (``MC``) models.
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At :math:`\chi=0.1`, all three descriptions give the same results, which is consistent with the idea that at small quantum parameters,
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the three descriptions are equivalent.
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In contrast, for :math:`\chi=1`, the stochastic nature of high-energy photon emission (not accounted for in the continuous `cLL` model)
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References
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.. [DiPiazza2012] `Di Piazza et al. (2012), Rev. Mod. Phys. 84, 1177 <https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.84.1177>`_
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.. [Duclous2011] `Duclous, Kirk and Bell (2011), Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 53 (1), 015009 <http://stacks.iop.org/0741-3335/53/i=1/a=015009>`_
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.. [Elkina2011] `Elkina et al. (2011), Physical Review Accelerators and Beam, 14, 054401 <https://journals.aps.org/prab/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.14.054401>`_

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