Notes on the inverse Compton scattering
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2023-06-06 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
The paper deals with kinematic conditions for the inverse Compton scattering of photons by relativistic electrons and the polarizations of the colliding particles, which affect the value of the differential cross section of the process. A significant influence of the electron and photon helicity on the value of the cross section has been found. In the ultrarelativistic case, a surprising effect of an almost twofold increase in the cross section of scattering in the direction of the initial electron momentum has also been discovered, when the initial photon momentum is transverse to that of the initial electron.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2306.02160,
title = {Notes on the inverse Compton scattering},
author = {Kirill Bornikov and Igor Volobuev and Yuri Popov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.02160},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
11 pages, 6 figures