High-Energy γ-Ray Source from Electron-Positron Pair Annihilation
Abstract
Problems associated with the use of the process e++e--->2γ as a source for high-energy γ rays are investigated. The polarization of the γ's is shown to be negligible at high energies. The spread of γ spectra at a fixed angle due to radiative corrections is investigated. Terms like (απ)ln2(4E2m2) are associated with infrared divergence and disappear with a reasonable energy resolution. The result is very similar to Schwinger's corrections without vacuum polarization. Our result was found to be also usable in the colliding-beam experiment without any modification, under certain conditions.
- Publication:
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Physical Review
- Pub Date:
- February 1965
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRev.137.B730
- Bibcode:
- 1965PhRv..137..730T