ON THE DOUBLE COMPTON PROCESS AND SOME CALCULATIONS OF POLARIZATION EFFECTS. PART II

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1960 · Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B

OSTI ID:4161476

Carrassi, M; Passatore, G

Using a method already developed, the transition amplitudes among the basic polarization states of all particles involved in the double Compton effect were deduced and numerically calculated. The cross section and various polarization effects are discussed. The cross sections as a function of the energy of one of the emitted photons show in general an infrared divengence at the ends of the spectrum, a forward concentration with the increase of the incident energy, and in the case of a symmetric geometry for the two photons, a minimum when the energies of the emitted photons are nearly equal. Some effects of linear and circular polarizations were considered in detail and a comparison with the single Compton effect was made. Linear polarization effects show some qualitative difference from the single Compton scattering. (auth)

• Research Organization: Universita, Geneva; and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Geneva
• NSA Number: NSA-14-023501
• OSTI ID: 4161476
• Journal Information: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B, Journal Name: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B Vol. Vol: (10) 16; ISSN NUCIA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

COMPTON EFFECT
CROSS SECTIONS
EMISSION
ENERGY
NUMERICALS
PHOTONS
PHYSICS
POLARIZATION
SCATTERING
SPECTRAL SHIFT
TRANSIENTS