Abstract

We derive a new scaling law for the photon spectral density in nonlinear Thomson/Compton scattering, extending the findings of Heinzl, Seipt, and Kämpfer [Phys. Rev. A 81, 022125 (2010)]. This allows one to easily include the effects of general scattering geometries, e.g., side injection, and of a finite-size detector on the photon spectrum. The scaling law is employed to study substructures emerging in the nonlinear Thomson/Compton spectra due to temporally shaped laser pulses scattering off relativistic electrons. We determine optimum scattering geometries for an experimental verification of these substructures.

Details

Title
Scaling law for the photon spectral density in the nonlinear Thomson-Compton scattering
Author
Seipt, D; Kämpfer, B
Section
ARTICLES
Publication year
2011
Publication date
Apr 2011
Publisher
American Physical Society
e-ISSN
10984402
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2551248663
Copyright
© 2011. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.