Compton profiles for polarised targets

D. A. Owen; H. Grotch

doi:10.1088/0022-3700/16/18/009

Compton profiles for polarised targets

D. A. Owen, H. Grotch

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It is shown that the Compton profile functions which describe Compton scattering from polarised atomic electrons are independent of the scattering angle when the direction of polarisation is perpendicular to the incident photon direction. Explicit calculations of these functions for hydrogen-like atoms are given as well as the angular integrals for J(P_iz', theta ) (through j=⁵/₂) when the radial wavefunctions are not known. Since for other directions of electron polarisations the profile functions are dependent on the scattering angle, the importance of the profile functions being independent of the scattering angle is discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	009
Pages (from-to)	3371-3381
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
Volume	16
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/16/18/009
State	Published - 1 Dec 1983

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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