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Screened Thin-Target Bremsstrahlung with Partially-Ionized High-Z Species

Atomic Physics 2026-04-15 v3

Abstract

Bremsstrahlung emission remains a cornerstone process in the characterization of electron dynamics in diverse high-energy environments. In particular, the accurate description of thin-target electron-ion bremsstrahlung in the presence of high-ZZ species requires careful treatment of atomic screening effects, especially when atoms are partially ionized. We present a fully analytic screening model based on a multi-Yukawa representation of the atomic potential, enabling the calculation of bremsstrahlung cross sections for arbitrary nuclear charge and ionization state, and electron energies up to a few tens of MeV. This framework extends prior treatments of neutral atoms to include partially ionized high-ZZ elements in a fully analytic framework.

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@article{arxiv.2511.02098,
  title  = {Screened Thin-Target Bremsstrahlung with Partially-Ionized High-Z Species},
  author = {Salomon Guinchard and Yves Savoye-Peysson and Joan Decker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.02098},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Accepted manuscript. Published 10 April, 2026