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Compton scattering of twisted photons is investigated within a non-relativistic framework using first-order perturbation theory. We formulate the problem in the density matrix theory, which enables one to gain new insights into scattering…

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The recoil associated with photon emission is key to the dynamics of ultrarelativistic electrons in strong electromagnetic fields, as are found in high-intensity laser-matter interactions and astrophysical environments such as neutron star…

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In the presence of an electromagnetic background plane-wave field, electron, positron, and photon states are not stable, because electrons and positrons emit photons and photons decay into electron-positron pairs. This decay of the particle…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-11 Tobias Podszus , Victor Dinu , Antonino Di Piazza

A statistical analysis of the elastic unpolarized electron proton scattering data shows that, at large momentum transfer, the size and the $\epsilon$ dependence of the radiative corrections, as traditionally calculated and applied, may…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Egle Tomasi-Gustafsson

The multiple scattering of ultra relativistic electrons in an amorphous matter leads to the suppression of the soft part of radiation spectrum (the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect), and also can change essentially the angular distribution…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-05-10 Alex Fomin , Serguei Fomin , Nikolai Shul'ga

Narrowband x- and gamma-ray sources based on the inverse Compton scattering of laser pulses suffer from a limitation of the allowed laser intensity due to the onset of nonlinear effects that increase their bandwidth. It has been suggested…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 D. Seipt , S. G. Rykovanov , A. Surzhykov , S. Fritzsche

We study nondipole effects in multiphoton ionization of a two-dimensional hydrogen-like atom by a flat-top laser pulse of varied intensity. For this purpose, we solve numerically a two-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation treating a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-12-25 J. Z. Kamiński , K. Krajewska

Nonlinear single Compton scattering has been thoroughly investigated in the literature under the assumption that initially the electron has a definite momentum. Here, we study a more general initial state, and consider the electron as a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-05-04 A. Angioi , F. Mackenroth , A. Di Piazza

Previous work on calculating energy spectra from Compton scattering events has either neglected considering the pulsed structure of the incident laser beam, or has calculated these effects in an approximate way subject to criticism. In this…

Intense, quasi-monochromatic, polarized $\gamma$-ray beams produced by Compton scattering of laser photons against relativistic electrons are used for fundamental studies and applications. Following a series of photoneutron cross section…

We propose a self-consistent model which utilizes the polarization vector to theoretically describe the evolution of spin polarization of relativistic electrons in an intense electromagnetic field. The variation of radiative polarization…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-07-02 Yuhui Tang , Zheng Gong , Jinqing Yu , Yinren Shou , Xueqing Yan

We study the total cross section and angular distribution in Rayleigh scattering by hydrogen atom in the ground state, within the framework of Dirac relativistic equation and second-order perturbation theory. The relativistic states used…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-04-12 L. Safari , P. Amaro , S. Fritzche , J. P. Santos , F. Fratini

We assess the impact of radiation anisotropy on the line shapes that result from relativistic magnetic Compton scattering in the low-density/high-field regime. A Monte Carlo implementation of radiation transport allows for spatial diffusion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Rafael A. Araya-Gochez , Alice K. Harding

We investigate the production of axion-like particles through nonlinear Compton-like scattering in intense laser fields using the Baier-Katkov operator method. By explicitly constructing the eikonal spinor wave function, we utilize the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-30 Pei-Lun He , En-Rui Zhou , Yue-Yue Chen

The problem of the anisotropic Inverse Compton scattering between a monochromatic photon beam and relativistic electrons is revisited and formally solved without approximations. Solutions are given for the single scattering with an electron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 G. Brunetti

Based on the quantum electrodynamics, we present a generic formalism of the polarization for beamed monochromatic photons scattered by electrons in any spectral distribution. The formulae reduce to the components of the Fano matrix when…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-07 Zhe Chang , Yunguo Jiang , Hai-Nan Lin

We investigate the effects of inverse Compton scattering by electrons and positrons in the unshocked winds of rotationally-powered binary pulsars. This process can scatter low energy target photons to produce gamma rays with energies from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Lewis Ball , J. G. Kirk

Electron beam longitudinal polarization during the interaction with counterpropagating circularly-polarized ultraintense laser pulses is investigated, while accounting for the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron. Although it is known…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-05-02 Yan-Fei Li , Yue-Yue Chen , Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan , Christoph H. Keitel

The semiclassical general formula for the probability of radiation of twisted photons by ultrarelativistic scalar and Dirac particles moving in the electromagnetic field of a general form is derived. This formula is the analog of the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-06-25 O. V. Bogdanov , P. O. Kazinski , G. Yu. Lazarenko

We present a theoretical investigation of the resonant elastic scattering of laser photons by ultra-relativistic partially stripped ions, that is the core process of the Gamma Factory project. Special emphasis in our study is placed on the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Valeriy G. Serbo , Andrey Surzhykov , Andrey Volotka