Development of an Electron-Atom Compton Scattering Apparatus Using a Picosecond Pulsed Electron Gun

An apparatus has been developed for electron-atom Compton scattering experiments that can employ a pulsed laser and picosecond electron beam in pump-and-probe scheme. The design technical details of the are described. Furthermore, experimental results on Xe atom its ground state presented to illustrate performance gun detection spectrometric capabilities scattered electrons. scope future application is also discussed, involving real-time measurement intramolecular force acting each constituent with different mass numbers, transient, evolving system during molecular reaction.