ISSN:
1572-946X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The problem of single Compton scattering is considered and the resulting spectrum, angular distribution and polarization of scattered photons in a general case are obtained. The inverse Compton scattering (ICS) for arbitrary energies of electronsE and photons ω0 is investigated in detail. In the case of isotropically-distributed initial photons and relativistic electrons, a strong rise of the scattered spectrum near the upper edge takes place, starting from the values of the characteristic parameterb≡4Eω 0≳10 (in units of mc2=1). The energy-loss rate of relativistic electrons due to ICS is calculated. It is shown that the relativistic electrons of the energiesE≳100 MeV, when scattering on the X-rays with ω0~10KeV, transmit the dominant part of their energy to the photons which fall after scattering into the energy range of the electrons (≳100 MeV). The radiation spectrum of ICS, as well as the energy-losses of relativistic electrons distributed by power-lawE −α, are calculated. The radiation spectrum reveals the power-law behaviour with the different indices in two limits: the dependence ω−(αα1)/2 at ωω0≪1 gradually changes to ω−(α+1) ln (ωω0) law for ωω0≫1.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00649428
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