Penetration and Diffusion of Hard X-Rays: Polarization Effects
- 15 May 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 90 (4) , 510-514
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.90.510
Abstract
Most calculations of x-ray penetration and diffusion neglect the polarization of the scattered photons. In this paper an investigation is made of the effect of polarization in a typical x-ray penetration problem. The Boltzmann equation for polarizable photons is expanded into suitable angular and spatial polynomial systems; and a calculation based on this Boltzmann equation is compared with a similar calculation which neglects polarization. The polarization effect increases the intensity of the 100-200 kev secondaries by a few percent.Keywords
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