The elementary process of Bremsstrahlung [[electronic resource] /] / Eberhard Haug, Werner Nakel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454313603321
• Autore: Haug Eberhard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2004
• ISBN: 1-281-93547-6; 9786611935474; 981-279-500-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: World Scientific lecture notes in physics ; ; v. 73
• Altri autori (Persone): NakelWerner
• Disciplina: 539.7222
• Soggetti: Bremsstrahlung; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; Preface ; Chapter 1. Introduction ; 1.1 General introduction ; 1.2 Short historical note ; 1.3 Notations and definitions ; Chapter 2. Classical and semiclassical considerations on the bremsstrahlung process ; 2.1 Electron-nucleus bremsstrahlung ; 2.1.1 Screening effects; 2.1.2 Bremsstrahlung linear polarization 2.1.3 Bremsstrahlung from transversely polarized electrons ; 2.2 Electron-electron bremsstrahlung ; 2.3 Weizsacker-Williams method of virtual quanta ; Chapter 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) ; 3.3.1 Atomic screening ; 3.3.2 Nuclear recoil effects ; 3.3.3 Effects of nuclear structure ; 3.4 Approximations with the Sommerfeld-Maue wave function; 3.4.1 Sommerfeld-Maue wave function 3.4.2 Spin formalism ; 3.4.3 Cross section ; 3.4.4 Nonrelativistic approximation ; 3.4.5 ; The short-wavelength limit ; 3.4.6 Approximation for the long-wavelength limit and for high electron energies ; 3.4.7 Cross section in second Born approximation; 3.5 Calculation using relativistic partial-wave expansions 3.5.1 Partial wave expansion ; 3.5.2 Calculations with a relativistic self-consistent-field potential ; 3.5.3 Calculation for a pure Coulomb potential ; 3.6 Spin-dependent cross section and bremsstrahlung asymmetry; 3.7 Bremsstrahlung polarization
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 coin