Resonant Scattering of Plane‐Wave and Twisted Photons at the Gamma Factory

DOI10.1002/ANDP.202100199MaRDI QIDQ6092790zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Andrey Surzhykov

Publication date 23 November 2023

Published in Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.01859

zbMATH Keywords

angular distribution and polarizationgamma factoryrelativistic ion-photon collisionsresonant elastic photon scatteringtwisted photons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: We present a theoretical investigation of the resonant elastic scattering of laser photons by ultra-relativistic partially stripped ions, that is the core process of the Gamma Factory project. Special emphasis in our study is placed on the angular distribution and polarization of scattered photons as observed in the collider and ion-rest reference frames. In order to describe these (angular and polarization) properties for arbitrary relativistic many-electron ion, the general approach, based on the application of irreducible polarization tensors, is laid down. By making use of the polarization tensors we explore in detail the scattering of both, conventional plane-wave- and twisted (or vortex) photons. For the former case we show how the propagation directions and polarization states of incident and outgoing photons are related to each other for the $n{S}_{0}o{n}^{\prime }{P}_{1}on{S}_0$, $n{S}_{1/2}o{n}^{\prime }{P}_{1/2}on{S}_{1/2}$ and $n{S}_{1/2}o{n}^{\prime }{P}_{3/2}on{S}_{1/2}$ resonant transitions. For the scattering of initially twisted light, that carries non-zero orbital angular momentum, we explore the angular distribution of secondary photons and discuss the conditions under which they are also twisted.

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Cites work

• Atomic Physics Studies at the Gamma Factory at CERN
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6111071 (Why is no real title available?)

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