Modeling trajectories and radiation spectra of relativistic particles in crystals. Radiation polarization characteristics

A method is developed for calculation of the polarization characteristics of radiation based on computer tracking of relativistic particle trajectories. The dependence of the Stokes parameter which defines the polarization properties of the radiation upon photon frequency is determined for characteristic trajectories. Formation of full spectra and the degree of linear polarization for averaging over possible trajectories are considered, and results are compared with available experiments.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 63–68, November, 1986.The authors are indebted to S. A. Vorob'ev for his support in the study and evaluation, to M. I. Podgoretskii and A. P. Potyltsyn for their valuable discussion, and to O. V. Boyarko for assistance in formulating the plan of the study.