Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2005-04-21
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.B243:282-292,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
24 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nimb.2005.09.003
Pair creation by a photon in an oriented crystal is considered in a frame of the quasiclassical operator method, which includes processes with polarized particles. Under some quite generic assumptions the general expression is derived for the probability of pair creation of longitudinally polarized electron (positron) by circularly polarized photon in oriented crystal. In particular cases $\vartheta_0 \ll V_0/m$ and $\vartheta_0 \gg V_0/m$ ($\vartheta_0$ is the angle of incidence, angle between the momentum of initial photon and axis (plane) of crystal, $V_0$ is the scale of a potential of axis or a plane relative to which the angle $\vartheta_0$ is defined) one has constant field approximation and the coherent pair production theory correspondingly. Side by side with coherent process the probability of incoherent pair creation is calculated, which differs essentially from amorphous one. At high energy the pair creation in oriented crystals is strongly enhanced comparing with amorphous medium. In appendixes the integral polarization of positron is found in external field and for coherent and incoherent mechanisms.
Baier V. N.
Katkov V. M.
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