Relativistic approach to electromagnetic imaging
Classical Physics
2009-11-10 v1 General Physics
Abstract
A novel imaging principle based on the interaction of electromagnetic waves with a beam of relativistic electrons is proposed. Wave-particle interaction is assumed to take place in a small spatial domain, so that each electron is only briefly accelerated by the incident field. In the one-dimensional case the spatial distribution of the source density can be directly observed in the temporal spectrum of the scattered field. Whereas, in the two-dimensional case the relation between the source and the spectrum is shown to be approximately the Radon transform.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0403068,
title = {Relativistic approach to electromagnetic imaging},
author = {Neil Budko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0403068},
year = {2009}
}
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10 pages, 1 figure