Bremsstrahlung suppression due to the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal and dielectric effects in a variety of materials

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.1373· OSTI ID:527107

Anthony, P L; Becker-Szendy, R; Keller, L P; Niemi, G; Perl, M L; Rochester, L S; White, J L ^[1]; Bosted, P E; White, J L ^[2]; Cavalli-Sforza, M; Kelley, L A; Klein, S R ^[3]; Klein, S R ^[4]

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1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California 94309 (United States)
2. The American University, Washington, D.C. 20016 (United States)
3. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064 (United States)
4. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

The cross section for bremsstrahlung from highly relativistic particles is suppressed due to interference caused by multiple scattering in dense media, and due to photon interactions with the electrons in all materials. We present here a detailed study of bremsstrahlung production of 200 keV to 500 MeV photons from 8 and 25 GeV electrons traversing a variety of target materials. For most targets, we observe the expected suppressions to a good accuracy. We observe that finite thickness effects are important for thin targets. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098; AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 527107
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 56; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
CROSS SECTIONS
INTERFERENCE
MULTIPLE SCATTERING
PHOTON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS
TARGETS
THICKNESS