https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-03740-9
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A compendium of photon emission rates, absorption cross sections and scattering cross sections
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, 116 Science Place, S7N 5E2, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Received:
10
April
2022
Accepted:
22
January
2023
Published online:
5
February
2023
We provide a compendium of the quantum mechanical equations for photon emission rates, photon absorption cross sections, and photon scattering cross sections. For each case, the different equations that apply for discrete or continuous electron states of the emitting, absorbing, or scattering material are given.
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