Evolution of low-frequency features in the CMB spectrum due to stimulated Compton scattering and Doppler-broadening

Details Evolution of low-frequency features in the CMB spectrum due to stimulated Compton scattering and Doppler-broadening Evolution of low-frequency features in the CMB spectrum due to stimulated Compton scattering and Doppler-broadening

2008-04-07

arxiv.org/abs/0804.1017v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 2 figures, submitted to A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:200809920

We discuss a new solution of the Kompaneets-equation for physical situations in which low frequency photons, forming relatively narrow spectral details, are Compton scattered in an isotropic, infinite medium with an intense ambient blackbody field that is very close to full thermodynamic equilibrium with the free electrons. In this situation the background-induced stimulated Compton scattering slows down the motion of photons toward higher frequencies by a factor of 3 in comparison with the solution that only takes into account Doppler-broadening and boosting. This new solution is important for detailed computations of cosmic microwave background spectral distortions arising due to uncompensated atomic transitions of hydrogen and helium in the early Universe. In addition we derive another analytic solution that only includes the background-induced stimulated Compton scattering and is valid for power-law ambient radiation fields. This solution might have interesting applications for radio lines arising inside of bright extra-galactic radio source, where according to our estimates line shifts because of background-induced stimulated scattering could be amplified and even exceed the line broadening due to the Doppler-effect.

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