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Title: Effect of background thermal radiation on radiative correction to elastic scattering of electrons

Journal Article · · Physical Review (Section) A: General Physics; (USA)
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2J1 (CA)

Calculations of the energy dependence of the electron-scattering cross section in the presence of thermal background radiation (Planck's field) are done in the semiclassical approximation. It is shown that the cross section remains finite and is peaked around the initial energy with the width proportional to the radiation temperature.

OSTI ID:
5354176
Journal Information:
Physical Review (Section) A: General Physics; (USA), Vol. 40:9; ISSN 0556-2791
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English