Real and Virtual Compton Scattering at Low Energies

Details Real and Virtual Compton Scattering at Low Energies Real and Virtual Compton Scattering at Low Energies

1999-01-20

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9901056v1

Czech.J.Phys.49:1307-1345,1999

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

41 pages, RevTex file, 5 postscript figures, invited lectures at the 11th Indian-Summer School on Intermediate Energy Physics

Scientific paper

10.1023/A:1022872211333

These lectures give a pedagogical introduction to real and virtual Compton scattering at low energies. We will first discuss real Compton scattering off a point particle as well as a composite system in the framework of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. The concept of electromagnetic polarizabilities is introduced. We then address a description of the Compton-scattering tensor within quantum field theory with particular emphasis on the derivation of low-energy theorems. The importance of a consistent treatment of hadron structure in the use of electromagnetic vertices is stressed. Finally, the reader is introduced to the notion of generalized polarizabilities in the rapidly expanding field of virtual Compton scattering.

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