Thomson and Compton scattering with an intense laser pulse |
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Authors: | M Boca and V Florescu |
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Institution: | (1) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., 808, L-014, 94551 Livermore, CA, USA;(2) ICFO-Institut de Ci?ncies Fot?niques, C. Jordi Ginora 29 Nexus II, 08034 Barcelona, Spain |
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Abstract: | Our paper concerns the scattering of intense laser radiation on free electrons and it
is focused on the relation between nonlinear Compton and nonlinear Thomson scattering. The analysis is
performed for a laser field modeled by an ideal pulse with a finite duration, a fixed direction of propagation
and indefinitely extended in the plane perpendicular to it. We derive the classical limit of the quantum spectral
and angular distribution of the emitted radiation, for an arbitrary polarization of the laser pulse.
We also rederive our result directly, in the framework of classical electrodynamics, obtaining, at the same time,
the distribution for the emitted radiation with a well defined polarization. The results reduce to those
established by Krafft et al. Phys. Rev. E 72, 056502 (2005)] in the particular case of linear polarization of the pulse, orthogonal
to the initial electron momentum. Conditions in which the differences between classical and quantum results
are visible are discussed and illustrated by graphs. |
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