Two-photon bremsstrahlung

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.35.448· OSTI ID:6733169

Veniard, V; Gavrila, M; Maquet, A

We present a calculation of the cross sections for two-photon bremsstrahlung in a Coulomb potential. The calculation was done in second-order nonrelativistic perturbation theory and in the dipole approximation. The potential was taken into account exactly by using the Coulomb Green's function. The matrix element was integrated analytically as far as possible and then computed numerically quite accurately. Limiting cases are discussed. Results are presented here for a special emission geometry. These are compared with the recent experiment of Altman and Quarles, and large discrepancies are found.

• Research Organization: Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• OSTI ID: 6733169
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. A; (United States) Vol. 35:1; ISSN PLRAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOM COLLISIONS
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
COLLISIONS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COULOMB FIELD
CROSS SECTIONS
DIPOLES
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-ATOM COLLISIONS
FUNCTIONS
GREEN FUNCTION
MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES
MULTIPOLES
RADIATIONS