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Comparative study of the electron- and positron-atom bremsstrahlung
Fully relativistic treatment of the electron-atom and positron-atom
bremsstrahlung is reported. The calculation is based on the partial-wave
expansion of the Dirac scattering states in an external atomic field. A
comparison of the electron and positron bremsstrahlung is presented for the
single and double differential cross sections and the Stokes parameters of the
emitted photon. It is demonstrated that the electron-positron symmetry of the
bremsstrahlung spectra, which is nearly exact in the nonrelativistic regime, is
to a large extent removed by the relativistic effects
Doppler-tuned Bragg Spectroscopy of Excited Levels in He-Like Uranium: a discussion of the uncertainty contributions
We present the uncertainty discussion of a recent experiment performed at the
GSI storage ring ESR for the accurate energy measurement of the He-like uranium
1s2p3P2- 1s2s3S1 intra-shell transition. For this propose we used a Johann-type
Bragg spectrometer that enables to obtain a relative energy measurement between
the He-like uranium transition, about 4.51 keV, and a calibration x-ray source.
As reference, we used the Ka fluorescence lines of zinc and the Li-like uranium
1s22p2P3/2 - 1 s22s 2S1/2 intra-shell transition from fast ions stored in the
ESR. A comparison of the two different references, i.e., stationary and moving
x-ray source, and a discussion of the experimental uncertainties is presented
Doppler-tuned Bragg Spectroscopy of Excited Levels in He-Like Uranium: a discussion of the uncertainty contributions
We present the uncertainty discussion of a recent experiment performed at the
GSI storage ring ESR for the accurate energy measurement of the He-like uranium
1s2p3P2- 1s2s3S1 intra-shell transition. For this propose we used a Johann-type
Bragg spectrometer that enables to obtain a relative energy measurement between
the He-like uranium transition, about 4.51 keV, and a calibration x-ray source.
As reference, we used the Ka fluorescence lines of zinc and the Li-like uranium
1s22p2P3/2 - 1 s22s 2S1/2 intra-shell transition from fast ions stored in the
ESR. A comparison of the two different references, i.e., stationary and moving
x-ray source, and a discussion of the experimental uncertainties is presented
Doppler-tuned Bragg Spectroscopy of Excited Levels in He-Like Uranium: a discussion of the uncertainty contributions
We present the uncertainty discussion of a recent experiment performed at the
GSI storage ring ESR for the accurate energy measurement of the He-like uranium
1s2p3P2- 1s2s3S1 intra-shell transition. For this propose we used a Johann-type
Bragg spectrometer that enables to obtain a relative energy measurement between
the He-like uranium transition, about 4.51 keV, and a calibration x-ray source.
As reference, we used the Ka fluorescence lines of zinc and the Li-like uranium
1s22p2P3/2 - 1 s22s 2S1/2 intra-shell transition from fast ions stored in the
ESR. A comparison of the two different references, i.e., stationary and moving
x-ray source, and a discussion of the experimental uncertainties is presented
Polarization transfer in Rayleigh scattering of hard x-rays
Wereport on the first elastic hard x-ray scattering experiment where the linear polarizationcharacteristics of both the incident and the scattered radiation were observed. Rayleigh scattering wasinvestigated in a relativistic regime by using a high-Z target material, namely gold, and a photon energyof 175keV. Although the incident synchrotron radiation was nearly 100% linearly polarized, at ascattering angle of q = 90we observed a strong depolarization for the scattered photonswith adegree of linear polarization of +0.27% 0.12%only. This finding agreeswith second-orderquantum electrodynamics calculations of Rayleigh scattering, when taking into account a smallpolarization impurity of the incident photon beam which was determined to be close to 98%. Thelatter value was obtained independently from the elastic scattering by analyzing photons that wereCompton-scattered in the target. Moreover, our results indicate that when relying on state-of-the-arttheory, Rayleigh scattering could provide a very accurate method to diagnose polarization impuritiesin a broad region of hard x-ray energies
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