Predicted Properties of Delbruck Scattering for Photon Energies Up to 10**4-{MeV}

1987
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 36 (1987) 733-739

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Abstract: (APS)
Using an exact numerical evaluation of the lowest-order Feynman graphs and the impact-factor approximation of Cheng and Wu for the lowest-order as well as the multiphoton-exchange Feynman graphs, properties of Delbrück scattering are investigated at energies between 1 and 104 MeV. The predicted scaling behavior starts showing up above about 100 MeV, i.e., at much higher energies than previously anticipated. At angles below 30° the amplitudes are predominantly imaginary and are modified by multiphoton exchange by factors of 2 to 4. At angles above 90° real and imaginary parts are of the same magnitude at all energies. Discrepancies observed between the predictions of the exact numerical evaluation of the lowest-order Feynman graphs and the impact-factor approximation to the lowest-order amplitudes make a reinvestigation of computational methods for the Coulomb-correction effect highly desirable.
  • PHOTON NUCLEUS: ELASTIC SCATTERING
  • ELASTIC SCATTERING: PHOTON NUCLEUS
  • FEYNMAN GRAPH
  • SCATTERING AMPLITUDE: ANALYTIC PROPERTIES
  • ANALYTIC PROPERTIES: SCATTERING AMPLITUDE
  • DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION: MOMENTUM TRANSFER
  • MOMENTUM TRANSFER: DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION
  • ANGULAR DEPENDENCE
  • SCALING
  • CORRECTION: COULOMB SCATTERING