Polarization Effects in Coherent and Incoherent Photon Scattering: Survey of Measurements and Theory Relevant to Radiation Transport Calculations.

摘要

The report reviews available information on polarization effects arising when photons in the x-ray and gamma-ray energy regime undergo coherent (Rayleigh) scattering and incoherent (Compton) scattering by atomic electrons. In addition to descriptions and discussions of these effects, including estimates of their magnitudes as they apply to radiation transport calculations, an annotated bibliography 1905-1991 of 102 selected works is provided, with particularly relevant works for the purpose of the report flagged with asterisks. A major resource for the report is a 1948 unpublished informal report by L.V. Spencer which will be quoted here almost in its entirety, since, of all the works cited in the annotated bibliography, it appears to be the only one which explicitly and directly addresses the purpose of the report, hence the valuable material should be re-introduced into the available and current literature.