Role of the Coulomb Potential in Compton Scattering
Atomic Physics
2024-11-15 v1
Abstract
We report a fully differential study of ionization of the Ne L-shell by Compton scattering of 20 keV photons. We find two physical mechanisms which modify the Compton-electron emission. Firstly, we observe scattering of the Compton electrons at their parent nucleus. Secondly, we find a distinct maximum in the electron momentum distribution close-to-zero momentum which we attribute to a focusing of the electrons by the Coulomb potential.
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@article{arxiv.2411.09442,
title = {Role of the Coulomb Potential in Compton Scattering},
author = {N. Melzer and M. Kircher and A. Pier and L. Kaiser and J. Kruse and N. Anders and J. Stindl and L. Sommerlad and D. McGinnis and M. Schmidt and L. Nowak and A. Kügler and I. Dwojak and J. Drnec and F. Trinter and M. S. Schöffler and L. Ph. Schmidt and N. M. Novikovskiy and Ph. V. Demekhin and T. Jahnke and R. Dörner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.09442},
year = {2024}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures