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Phys. Rev. A 65, 022712 (2002) [8 pages]

Laser-induced Compton scattering at relativistically high radiation powers
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P. Panek and J. Z. Kamiński
Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00681 Warszawa, Poland

F. Ehlotzky *
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Received 31 July 2001; published 16 January 2002

We reconsider nonlinear Compton scattering, induced by a linearly polarized laser field. The radiation power is assumed to be in the relativistic regime such that the ponderomotive energy of an electron in the field is of the order of magnitude of the electron’s rest energy or even above it, i.e., Up>~mc2. We investigate in detail for several scattering configurations the angular dependences of the induced nonlinear Compton processes of the order N of absorbed laser photons ω, assuming that in general the electron beam and laser beam can cross at an arbitrary angle.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v65/e022712
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.022712
PACS: 32.80.Cy, 34.50.Rk, 34.80.Qb, 32.80.Wr

* Email address: Fritz.Ehlotzky@uibk.ac.at

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