Attenuation of photons at 3–14-keV energies in helium
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 51 (1) , 447-453
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.51.447
Abstract
We have measured the total photoattenuation cross section of helium for photons in the energy range of 3–14 keV. At these energies, the photoionization cross section is rapidly decreasing, so that Compton scattering is significant at 4 keV and dominates at the highest energies. Our measurements verify the dominance of Compton scattering in this energy range, and its importance in recent measurements of the ratio of double to single photoionization of helium. The measured cross sections are close to the combined calculated cross sections for Compton scattering and photoionization; we are able to distinguish the contributions of the two effects.Keywords
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