Time-dependent QED approach to x-ray nonlinear Compton scattering

Krebs, Dietrich; Reis, David A.; Santra, Robin

doi:10.1103/physreva.99.022120

Title: Time-dependent QED approach to x-ray nonlinear Compton scattering

Journal Article · Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.99.022120· OSTI ID:1504575

Krebs, Dietrich ^[1]; Reis, David A. ^[2]; Santra, Robin ^[1]

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany); The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg (Germany)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Motivated by a recent experiment, we theoretically investigate the process of x-ray nonlinear Compton scattering (XNLC). Our approach is based on the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for an atomic system subject to an intense x-ray pulse, and explicitly accounts for the spontaneous scattering into a quantized photonic mode. We employ our framework to study multiple nonlinear scattering scenarios. Initially, we consider soft x rays at 500eV photon energy to scatter nonlinearly off a helium target. For this, we find that XNLC is dominated by certain third-order processes rather than the naïvely expected mechanisms pertaining to the lowest order of perturbation theory. Subsequently, we apply our model to XNLC in helium at 4.0keV photon energy and beryllium at 9.7keV. Contrary to the conclusions drawn from the experimental observations, our results suggest a good agreement of the XNLC spectrum with simple, free-electron model predictions. Furthermore, our studies reveal striking qualitative similarities of linear and nonlinear Compton scattering cross sections in this regime.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 194651731

OSTI ID:: 1504575

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1546330

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 99, Issue 2; ISSN 2469-9926

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