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The Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect in QED

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

The calculation of the radiative energy loss encountered by a fast charged particle which undergoes multiple scattering is being investigated. A detailed derivation of the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal coherent effect in QED is given, focusing on the specific feature of the Coulomb interaction. As a result the radiation intensity per unit length in the coherent regime is shown to be proportional to ω\sqrt \omega for a photon energy ω\omega times a logarithmic enhancement which is determined exactly.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9604327,
  title  = {The Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect in QED},
  author = {R. Baier and Yu. L. Dokshitzer and A. H. Mueller and S. Peigne and D. Schiff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9604327},
  year   = {2009}
}

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19 pages, LaTeX style