Compton Scattering
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Compton scattering occurs when a photon interacts with an electron by transferring the first energy to the second (inelastic interaction). The wavelength of the photon after the scattering can be calculated by
$\lambda_2=\lambda+\lambda_c(1-\cos\theta)$ |
where
$\lambda_c=\displaystyle\frac{h}{m_ec}$ |
Compton wave length and
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Compton Scattering
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Compton scattering occurs when a photon interacts with a charged particle, in particular with an electron. In the process the photon loses energy and deviates by putting the electron in motion:
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Compton scattering differential effective section
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In the case of Compton scattering, the differential effective section is according to Klein-Nishina
$\displaystyle\frac{d\sigma_{KN}}{d\Omega}=\displaystyle\frac{3}{16\pi}\displaystyle\frac{\sigma_T}{(1+\epsilon(1-\cos\theta))^2}\left(\epsilon(1-cos\theta)+\displaystyle\frac{1}{1+\epsilon(1-\cos\theta)}-\cos^2\theta\right)$ |
where
$\sigma_T=\displaystyle\frac{8\pi}{3}r_0^2$ |
is the Thomson total effective section and the
$\epsilon=\displaystyle\frac{E}{m_ec^2}$ |
is the normalized energy.
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Compton Wave Length
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The Compton wavelength is defined by
$\lambda_c=\displaystyle\frac{h}{m_ec}$ |
where
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Scattering
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Scattering that contributes (in) or describes the abandonment of particles (out) can be plotted as follows:
It should be noted that the term collision:
- integrates on all external speeds to those of volume
- includes the likelihood of both speeds leading to scattering simultaneously
- the relative velocity multiplied by the total effective section represents the flow of particles towards the target
The latter can be shown in a simple way through
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Total effective section for Compton scattering
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If the differential effective section is taken according to Klein-Nishina
$\displaystyle\frac{d\sigma_{KN}}{d\Omega}=\displaystyle\frac{3}{16\pi}\displaystyle\frac{\sigma_T}{(1+\epsilon(1-\cos\theta))^2}\left(\epsilon(1-cos\theta)+\displaystyle\frac{1}{1+\epsilon(1-\cos\theta)}-\cos^2\theta\right)$ |
and integrates in the solid angle
$d\Omega=2\pi \sin\theta d\theta$ |
the total effective section is obtained
$\sigma_{KN}=\displaystyle\frac{3}{4}\sigma_T\left(\displaystyle\frac{(1+\epsilon)}{\epsilon^3}\left(\displaystyle\frac{2\epsilon(1+\epsilon)}{1+2\epsilon}-\log(1+2\epsilon)\right)+\displaystyle\frac{\log(1+2\epsilon)}{2\epsilon}-\displaystyle\frac{(1+3\epsilon)}{(1+2\epsilon)^2}\right)$ |
where
$\sigma_T=\displaystyle\frac{8\pi}{3}r_0^2$ |
is the effective section of Thomson and the
$\epsilon=\displaystyle\frac{E}{m_ec^2}$ |
is the normalized energy.
At the limit of small
and in the limit
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Thomson Total Effective Section
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The total effective section of Thomson is equal to 2/3 of the surface of a sphere of radius
$\sigma_T=\displaystyle\frac{8\pi}{3}r_0^2$ |
The radius
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Standard energy
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To simplify we introduce the initial energy of the photon
$\epsilon=\displaystyle\frac{E}{m_ec^2}$ |
where
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Simulador random walk with Compton scattering
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The Klein-Nishina model can be studied in numerical form. This is shown
- the total effective section as a function of photon energy
- the differential section as a function of the angle for the minimum, medium and maximum energies defined
- what would be the total effective section in a one-dimensional system that gives according to the energy transmission or reflection
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