Observation of the spin-orbit interaction in bremsstrahlung

Stanislav Tashenov, Torbjörn Bäck, Roman Barday, Bo Cederwall, Joachim Enders, Anton Khaplanov, Yulia Fritzsche, Kai Uwe Schässburger, Andrey Surzhykov, Vladimir A. Yerokhin

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Abstract

The effects of the spin-orbit interaction are pronounced for an electron scattered in a Coulomb field of the nucleus. They cause the electron scattering plane to turn or precess as the electron moves. This precession is visible through linear polarization of bremsstrahlung. The first experiment to observe it is described in this contribution.

Original languageEnglish
Article number014071
JournalPhysica Scripta
VolumeT156
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on the Physics of Highly Charged Ions, HCI 2012 - Heidelberg, Germany
Duration: Sep 2 2012Sep 7 2012

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