Compton scattering of blackbody photons by relativistic electrons
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2015-06-16 v2
Abstract
We present simple and accurate analytical formulae for the rates of Compton scattering by relativistic electrons integrated over the energy distribution of blackbody seed photons. Both anisotropic scattering, in which blackbody photons arriving from one direction are scattered by an anisotropic electron distribution into another direction, and scattering of isotropic seed photons are considered. Compton scattering by relativistic electrons off blackbody photons from either stars or CMB takes place, in particular, in microquasars, colliding-wind binaries, supernova remnants, interstellar medium, and the vicinity of the Sun.
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@article{arxiv.1307.6732,
title = {Compton scattering of blackbody photons by relativistic electrons},
author = {Andrzej A. Zdziarski and Patryk Pjanka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.6732},
year = {2015}
}
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MNRAS, in press