Electron Compton scattering from solids

Abstract
Electron scattering from solids has recently been developed as a tool for the determination of Compton profiles. In this paper we examine the technique in detail to determine the optimum conditions for doing these experiments. We seek to quantify the effects of multiple scattering and radiation damage, which are the crucial limiting factors in this work, and place limits on the accuracy and resolution that can be obtained. The energy-dependent corrections to the data are considered and a number of possible improvements to the experimental method are suggested.