Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-08-28
Phys.Rev.A82:042723,2010
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
minor changes, 20 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
Bremsstrahlung from relativistic electrons is considered under conditions when some transverse direction of momentum transfer is statistically preferred. It is shown that in the dipole approximation all the medium anisotropy effects can be accumulated into a special modulus-bound transverse vector, $\bm N$. To exemplify a target with $N^2\sim1$, we calculate radiation from electron incident at a small angle on an atomic row in oriented crystal. Radiation intensity and polarization dependence on the emission angle and frequency for constant $\bm N$ is investigated. Net polarization for the angle-integral cross-section is evaluated, which appears to be proportional to $N^2/2$, and decreases with the increase of the photon energy fraction. A prominent feature of the radiation angular distribution is the existence of an angle at which the radiation may be completely polarized, in spite of the target complete or partial isotropy -- that owes to existence of an origin-centered tangential circle for polarization in the fully differential radiation probability kernel. Possibilities for utilizing various properties of the polarized bremsstrahlung flux for preparation of polarized photon beams and for probing intrinsic anisotropy of the medium are analyzed.
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