Non-forward scattering of twisted particles
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-02-02 v2
Abstract
Twisted photons (i.e. photons carrying non-zero orbital angular momentum) are well-known in optics. Recently, it was suggested to use Compton backscattering off an ultra-relativistic electron beam to boost optical twisted photons into the high energy range. However, only the case of strictly forward/backward scattering has been studied so far. Here, we consider generic kinematic features of processes in which a twisted particle scatters with non-zero transverse momentum transfer.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1101.1630,
title = {Non-forward scattering of twisted particles},
author = {I. P. Ivanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.1630},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
16 pages, 2 figures; v2: discussion expanded, minor errors corrected, results unchanged