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The differential cross sections of free-free electron-atom transitions
in a radiation field are different for right and left circular polari
zation of the field. A simple expression for the dichroism in spontane
ous bremsstrahlung and one-photon electron-atom scattering is presente
d. The numerical estimation of dichroism shows that the effect can be
observed experimentally.