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

C. I. Moore; J. P. Knauer; D. D. Meyerhofer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2439

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

C. I. Moore, J. P. Knauer, and D. D. Meyerhofer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2439 – Published 27 March 1995

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.