The elmentary process of bremsstrahlung /

This book deals with the theory and experiment of the elementary process of bremsstrahlung, where photons are detected in coincidence with decelerated outgoing electrons. Such experiments allow for a more stringent check of the theoretical work. The main emphasis is laid on electron-atom bremsstrahl...

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Main Authors: Haug, Eberhard. (Author)
Corporate Authors: World Scientific (Firm)
Group Author: Nakel, Werner.
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: World Scientific lecture notes in physics ; v. 73
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/5371#t=toc
Summary: This book deals with the theory and experiment of the elementary process of bremsstrahlung, where photons are detected in coincidence with decelerated outgoing electrons. Such experiments allow for a more stringent check of the theoretical work. The main emphasis is laid on electron-atom bremsstrahlung and electron-electron bremsstrahlung, but further bremsstrahlung processes are also dealt with. In the theoretical parts, triply differential cross sections are derived in various approximations, including electron spin and photon-polarization. In the experimental sections, electron-photon coincidence experiments are discussed. These are done partly with transversely polarized electron beams and partly with detectors for the bremsstrahlung linear polarization.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x,259pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index.
ISBN: 9789812795007 (electronic bk.)
CLC: O571.43
Contents: ch. 1. Introduction. 1.1. General introduction. 1.2. Short historical note. 1.3. Notations and definitions -- ch. 2. Classical and semiclassical considerations on the bremsstrahlung process. 2.1. Electron-nucleus bremsstrahlung. 2.2. Electron-electron bremsstrahlung. 2.3. Weizs cker-Williams method of virtual quanta -- ch. 3. Theory of the elementary process of electron-nucleus bremsstrahlung. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Bremsstrahlung cross section. 3.3. Born approximation (Bethe-Heitler formula). 3.4. Approximations with the Sommerfeld-Maue wave function. 3.5. Calculation using relativistic partial-wave expansions. 3.6. Spin-dependent cross section and bremsstrahlung asymmetry. 3.7. Bremsstrahlung polarization. 3.8. Radiative corrections to bremsstrahlung -- ch. 4. Experiments on the elementary process of electron-nucleus bremsstrahlung. 4.1. Survey of experimental devices. 4.2. Electron-photon coincidence experiments without regard to polarization variables. 4.3. Electron-photon coincidence experiments including polarization variables. 4.4. Tagged photons -- ch. 5. Theory of the elementary process of electron-electron bremsstrahlung. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Kinematics. 5.3. Cross section. 5.4. Bremsstrahlung in the field of bound electrons -- ch. 6. Experiments on the elementary process of electron-electron bremsstrahlung. 6.1. Electron-photon coincidence experiments without regard to polarization variables. 6.2. Electron-photon coincidence experiments including polarization variables -- ch. 7. Some remarks on integrated cross sections and further bremsstrahlung processes. 7.1. Integrated cross sections. 7.2. Positron-nucleus bremsstrahlung. 7.3. Electron-positron bremsstrahlung. 7.4. Two-photon bremsstrahlung. 7.5. Polarization bremsstrahlung. 7.6. Crystalline targets: coherent bremsstrahlung. 7.7. Bremsstrahlung from heavy particles. 7.8. Bremsstrahlung in nuclear decays. 7.9. Bremsstrahlung in magnetic fields. 7.10. Stimulated bremsstrahlung.