BREMSSTRAHLUNG SUPPRESSION DUE TO THE LANDAU-POMERANCHUK-MIGDAL AND DIELECTRIC EFFECTS IN A VARIETY OF MATERIALS

Authors
ANTHONY PL BECKERSZENDY R BOSTED PE CAVALLISFORZA M KELLER LP KELLEY LA KLEIN SR NIEMI G PERL ML ROCHESTER LS WHITE JL
Citation
Pl. Anthony et al., BREMSSTRAHLUNG SUPPRESSION DUE TO THE LANDAU-POMERANCHUK-MIGDAL AND DIELECTRIC EFFECTS IN A VARIETY OF MATERIALS, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 56(3), 1997, pp. 1373-1390
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
56
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1373 - 1390
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1997)56:3<1373:BSDTTL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The cross section for bremsstrahlung from highly relativistic particle s is suppressed due to interference caused by multiple scattering in d ense media, and due to photon interactions with the electrons in all m aterials. We present here a detailed study of bremsstrahlung productio n of 200 keV to 500 MeV photons from 8 and 25 GeV electrons traversing a variety of target materials. For most targets, we observe the expec ted suppressions to a good accuracy. We observe that finite thickness effects are important for thin targets.