Polarized Electron/Positron/Gamma Incident

Contents:

• Introduction
  • Stokes vector
  • Transfer matrix
  • Coordinate transformations
  • Polarized beam and material
• Ionisation
  • Method
  • Total cross section and mean free path
  • Sampling the final state
• Positron - Electron Annihilation
  • Method
  • Total cross section and mean free path
  • Sampling the final state
  • Annihilation at Rest
• Polarized Compton scattering
  • Method
  • Total cross section and mean free path
  • Sampling the final state
• Polarized Bremsstrahlung for electron and positron
  • Method
  • Polarization in gamma conversion and bremsstrahlung
  • Polarization transfer from the lepton e⁺e^- to a photon
  • Remaining polarization of the lepton after emitting a bremsstrahlung photon
• Polarized Gamma conversion into an electron–positron pair
  • Method
  • Polarization transfer from the photon to the two leptons
• Polarized Photoelectric Effect
  • Method
  • Polarization transfer
• Compton Scattering by Linearly Polarized Gamma Rays - Livermore Model
  • The Cross Section
  • Angular Distribution
  • Polarization Vector
  • Unpolarized Photons
• Pair production by Linearly Polarized Gamma Rays - Livermore Model
  • Relativistic cross section for linearly polarized gamma ray
  • Spatial azimuthal distribution
  • Unpolarized Photons
• Pair production by Linearly Polarized Gamma Rays - Five-dimensional (5D) Bethe-Heitler Model
  • Bibliography