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

Christopher I. Moore, J. P. Knauer, D. D. Meyerhofer

Physical Review Letters · 1995 · 208 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

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.

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