Compton effect and pair production for relativistic particles in a plasma
Abstract
The probabilities for the Compton effect and electron-positron pair production by two transverse quanta in an isotropic plasma are calculated. An expression for Compton electron-energy losses is derived in the ultraquantum limit for the case where the frequency of the primary quantum is close to that of the plasma. It is shown that the plasma considerably alters the nature of the radiation. The spectral intensity of the radiation from a system of ultrarelativistic electrons is found. An expression for gamma-ray energy losses due to pair production is obtained.
- Publication:
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Zhurnal Eksperimentalnoi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- January 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977ZhETF..72..151K
- Keywords:
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- Compton Effect;
- Pair Production;
- Plasma Radiation;
- Relativistic Particles;
- Relativistic Plasmas;
- Electron Plasma;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Gamma Rays;
- Isotropic Media;
- Positrons;
- Quantum Electrodynamics;
- Plasma Physics