High-Energy Photons from Compton Scattering of Light on 6.0-GeV Electrons
- 21 June 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 138 (6B) , B1546-B1549
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.138.b1546
Abstract
Compton scattering of optical photons on 6.0-GeV electrons has been observed at the Cambridge Electron Accelerator. A giant-pulsed ruby-laser burst of 0.2 J, impinging upon a 2-mA circulating electron current, was observed to yield about 8 scattered photons per pulse. These photons acquire, through a twofold Doppler shift, energies of hundred of MeV, and are expected to retain to a high degree the polarization of the laser beam. The observed yield is compatible with predictions based upon the theory of Compton scattering.Keywords
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