Studying the effect of Polarisation in Compton scattering in the undergraduate laboratory
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Authors
Colleges, School and Institutes
Abstract
An experiment for the advanced undergraduate laboratory allowing students to directly observe the effect of photon polarisation on Compton scattering is described. An initially unpolarised beam of photons is polarised via Compton scattering and analysed through a subsequent scattering. The experiment is designed to use equipment typically available at an undergraduate physics laboratory. The experimental results are compared with a Geant4 simulation and geometry effects are discussed.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 025203 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | European Journal of Physics |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Feb 2018 |