Elastic scattering amplitude of a polarized electron in an arbitrary plane wave field

The elastic scattering amplitude of a polarized electron in an arbitrary plane wave electromagnetic field is obtained by using the method of dispersion relations. Superposition of a constant crossed field and a plane monochromatic wave of elliptic polarization is considered a particular case of giving the field. An anomalous magnetic moment is obtained for the electron in the mentioned field as are also relative contributions to the anomalous magnetic moment due to the transition into the intermediate state with and without spin turnover.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 69–75, October, 1990.