Observation of the Transition from Thomson to Compton Scattering in Multiphoton Interactions with Low-Energy Electrons
Abstract
We have observed longitudinal acceleration of free electrons by photon scattering in the low-energy Thomson regime. This is the first observation of the transition between the Thomson and Compton regimes of electron scattering due to higher-order photon interactions.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- March 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2439
- Bibcode:
- 1995PhRvL..74.2439M