Polarization of high-energy electrons traversing a laser beam

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1997-06-18

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9706405v1

Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A404 (1998) 430-436

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

11 pages, LaTeX , 2 postscript figures included

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0168-9002(97)01114-5

When polarized electrons traverse a region where the laser light is focused their polarization varies even if their energy and direction of motion are not changed. This effect is due to interference of the incoming electron wave and an electron wave scattered at zero angle. Equations are obtained which determine the variation of the electron density matrix, and their solutions are given. The change in the electron polarization depends not only on the Compton cross section but on the real part of the forward Compton amplitude as well. It should be taken into account, for example, in simulations of the $e \to \gamma$ conversion for future $\gamma \gamma$ colliders.

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