CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. FIELD CONFIGURATIONS, DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS AND EQUATIONS OF MOTION

III. ELECTRON MOTION IN THE STANDING EM WAVE FORMED BY TWO COUNTER-PROPAGATING EM PULSES

IV. SIMPLE MODEL OF THE STABILIZATION OF THE PARTICLE MOTION IN AN OSCILLATING FIELD DUE TO THE NONLINEAR FRICTION

VI. ELECTRON DYNAMICS IN FOUR S- AND P-POLARIZED COLLIDING EM PULSES

VII. CONCLUSIONS