Two-Photon Exchange in Electron-Deuteron Scattering
Author(s) -
John F. Gunion,
L. Stodolsky
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.30.345
Subject(s) - momentum transfer , physics , scattering , cross section (physics) , photon , electron , momentum (technical analysis) , electron scattering , atomic physics , deuterium , elastic scattering , nuclear physics , mott scattering , small angle neutron scattering , neutron scattering , optics , quantum mechanics , finance , economics
We show that multiple scattering of the electron (i.e., two-photon exchange) in electron-deuteron elastic scattering leads to a small component in the cross section, which decreases very slowly with momentum transfer, and may dominate the cross section at high momentum transfer.
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