A review of the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect

The Bethe-Heitler formula is the correct expression for the energy radiated in the form of bremsstrahlung when a charged particle interacts in isolation with the Coulomb field of a nucleus. When the effects of multiple scattering are taken into account, however, the formula needs modification. This is the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect. We review here several approaches for the calculation of the revised spectrum and compare the results with experiment.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Physics

Year dc:date.issued

1995

Author dc:creator

• Roscherr, Bruce

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Cleymans, Jean

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17520

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17520