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High-energy $e^+e^-$ photoproduction in the field of a heavy atom accompanied by bremsstrahlung

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-12-10 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

Helicity amplitudes and differential cross section of high-energy e+ee^+e^- photoproduction accompanied by bremsstrahlung in the electric field of a heavy atom are derived. The results are exact in the nuclear charge number and obtained in the leading quasiclassical approximation. They correspond to the leading high-energy small-angle asymptotics of the amplitude. It is shown that, in general, the Coulomb corrections essentially modify the differential cross section as compared to the Born result. When the initial photon is circularly polarized the Coulomb corrections lead to the asymmetry in the distribution over the azimuth angles φi\varphi_i of produced particles with respect to the replacement φiφi\varphi_i\to -\varphi_i.

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@article{arxiv.1410.6566,
  title  = {High-energy $e^+e^-$ photoproduction in the field of a heavy atom accompanied by bremsstrahlung},
  author = {P. A. Krachkov and R. N. Lee and A. I. Milstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.6566},
  year   = {2014}
}

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15 pages, 5 figures