On the basis of the Lorentz equations of motion, the orbit of a charge driven by a generic EM field with planar symmetry is formulated and analyzed within the framework of a Lorentzian geometry with a curvature whose order of magnitude is parametrized by the radiation intensity and frequency. This reformulation leads to (i) a demonstration of the integrability of the particle motion in a plane-wave field as a result of the vanishing of the curvature, (ii) a manifestation of the parametric dependence of the dynamical response of the particle orbit to the EM field on the impulse factor in terms of local stability and the occurrence of parametric resonance, and (iii) a mathematically precise meaning to the ponderomotive oscillation center of the charge executing oscillatory motion in a sufficiently low impulsive EM field, which is subsequently used to raise (iv) a discussion of the domain of applicability of the ponderomotive approximation.
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