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Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2439–2442 (1995)

Observation of the Transition from Thomson to Compton Scattering in Multiphoton Interactions with Low-Energy Electrons

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C. I. Moore, J. P. Knauer, and D. D. Meyerhofer
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299

Received 1 August 1994; published in the issue dated 27 March 1995

We have observed longitudinal acceleration of free electrons by photon scattering in the low-energy Thomson regime. This is the first observation of the transition between the Thomson and Compton regimes of electron scattering due to higher-order photon interactions.

© 1995 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2439
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2439
PACS:
32.80.Rm, 42.50.Vk

See Also

Comment: Eduardo Ugaz, Comment on “Observation of the Transition from Thomson to Compton Scattering in Multiphoton Interactions with Low-Energy Electrons”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2334 (1996).

Reply: C. I. Moore, J. P. Knauer, and D. D. Meyerhofer, Moore, Knauer, and Meyerhofer Reply:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2335 (1996).