Inelastic atomic scattering by high-energy photons and charged particles

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.50.349· OSTI ID:7112294

Burgdoerfer, J; Andersson, L R ^[1]; McGuire, J H ^[2]; Ishihara, T ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 (United States) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6377 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118-5698 (United States)
3. Institute of Applied Physics, Tsukuba University, Ibaraki 305 (Japan)

The first-order cross section for Compton scattering is expressed in terms of the cross section for scattering by fast charged particles in the plane-wave Born approximation as a function of the momentum, [bold Q], transferred by the projectile to the atomic electron(s). As an example of this relationship, the high-energy photon limit for the ratio of double to single ionization by Compton scattering, [ital R][sub [ital C]]([ital Q]), is expressed in terms of the ratio, [ital R][sub [ital Z]]([ital Q]), for scattering by charged particles at large [ital Q]. Results for [ital R][sub [ital C]]([ital Q]) are presented.

• OSTI ID: 7112294
• Journal Information: Physical Review A; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review A; (United States) Vol. 50:1; ISSN PLRAAN; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION
CHARGED PARTICLES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPTON EFFECT
CROSS SECTIONS
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EVALUATION
FERMIONS
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
IONIZATION
LEPTONS
MOMENTUM TRANSFER
SCATTERING