Does the Lorentz Force Account for Radiation Loss in Charged Particles?

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when a charge particle is moving in electric and magnetic field, a force exert on this particle is Lorentz force.

when this force apply to this particle, it accelerate and we know accelerated charge particle radiate.

when a particle radiate an electromagnetic wave ( photon ) lose it's energy.

it seems that Lorentz force should be modify to describe particle's radiation!

is it true?
 
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Your line of thought is essentially correct within the framework of Classical Electrodynamics.

The force you are referring to is called radiation reaction force or Abraham-Lorentz force.

However, it leads to many contradictions within Classical Electrodynamics.