Effect of multiple scattering on transition radiation from a dynamic interface

dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorBarghouty, A. F.en
dc.contributor.authorPantazopoulou, M. J.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessed2014-04-22en
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-25T14:12:36Zen
dc.date.available2014-04-25T14:12:36Zen
dc.date.issued1991-09en
dc.description.abstractThe effect of multiple scattering (long-range, small-angle elastic Coulomb collisions) on the radiation field associated with transition radiation from a nonstationary plasmalike medium is addressed with the help of a simple model. The model assumes a relativistic charged particle traversing a single medium that is rapidly and abruptly changing its electromagnetic properties. An averaged diffusion tensor is calculated relativistically to effectively approximate a diminished formation zone in the medium, the effect of which on the differential radiation intensity and angular distribution of transition radiation is studied. It is shown here that multiple scattering is more than a fine-tuning effect, in that it has a marked enhancement effect on the differential yield over a wide and significant frequency range of the emitted photons as well as an appreciable shifting and slowing down of the rapid fall of the maximum intensity angular location over an equally significant angular range. It is suggested that one study the effect in an implosion-explosion process of a laser-prepared medium. Implications to transition radiation from a periodic medium and the more general process of transition scattering in nonlinear media are briefly discussed.en
dc.identifier.citationBarghouty, A. F.; Pantazopoulou, M. J., "Effect of multiple scattering on transition radiation from a dynamic interface," Phys. Rev. A 44, 3083 (1991); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.3083en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.3083en
dc.identifier.issn1050-2947en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/47693en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.3083en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.titleEffect of multiple scattering on transition radiation from a dynamic interfaceen
dc.title.serialPhysical Review Aen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden

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