Bremsstrahlung from multiple scattering

1958
8 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys. 8 (1958) 613-620

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
It has been predicted, by largely classical arguments, that destructive interference of the radiation from the many collisions greatly reduces the rate of energy loss by very high energy electrons undergoing multiple scattering. It is observed that this is incompatible with a standard formula in classical theory, and the discrepancy is traced to an inadequate account of the high frequency part of the radiation spectrum. It is concluded that any real effect of this kind is of essentially quantal origin.
  • electron: multiple scattering
  • multiple scattering: electron
  • bremsstrahlung
  • effect: interference
  • correlation