https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2016-16146-y
Regular Article
Relativistic dynamics of the Compton diffusion on a bound electron
Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
* e-mail: salwams@ksu.edu.sa
Received:
22
March
2016
Accepted:
6
April
2016
Published online:
11
May
2016
A covariant relativistic formalism for the electron-photon and nuclear dynamics is summarised making more accurate predictions in agreement with experiments for Compton scattering in shells with large electron binding energy. An exact solution for the Dirac equation for an electron in the nuclear Coulomb field is obtained, in order to write the relativistic dynamics for this QED process. This is a preparation for the calculation of the relativistic cross-section for Compton scattering on bound electrons, as a precision test for QED.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2016
