Note on Compton scattering

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Astrophys. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/159734· OSTI ID:5284922

Barbosa, D D

Calculations on the energy exchange between free electrons and electromagnetic radiation are presented. The full Klein-Nishina cross section is used to evaluate average scattering coefficients for an electron moving with arbitrary velocity. A number of useful series expansions for the mean energy and mean square energy transfer rates are given. A Fokker-Planck equation which includes induced scattering is used to derive a generalized diffusion equation in frequency for multiple scattering of photons off nonrelativistic electrons. The relationship of the Klein-Nishina cross section with that of classical electromagnetic radiation theory is also elucidated.

• Research Organization: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
• OSTI ID: 5284922
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J.; (United States), Vol. 254:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COMPTON EFFECT
ENERGY TRANSFER
BOLTZMANN STATISTICS
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONS
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
KLEIN-NISHINA FORMULA
PHOTONS
SCATTERING
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
FERMIONS
INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MECHANICS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
RADIATIONS
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