Partially polarized beams in nonlinear Thomson scattering

Nonlinear Thomson scattering: A tutorial

Recent advances in table-top, ultrahigh intensity lasers have led to significant renewed interest in the classic problem of Thomson scattering. An important current application of these scattering processes is the generation of ultrashort-pulse-duration x rays. In this tutorial, the classical theory of nonlinear Thomson scattering of an electron in an intense laser field is presented. It is fou...

Hard Scattering in Qcd with Polarized Beams

I show that factorization for hard processes in QCD is also valid when the detected particles are polarized, and that the proof of the theorem determines the operator form for the parton densities. Particular attention is given to the case of transversely polarized incoming hadrons.

Nonlinear Thomson scattering of intense laser pulses from beams and plasmas.

Experimental observation of nonlinear Thomson scattering

Ultrahigh Brilliance Multi-MeV γ-Ray Beams from Nonlinear Relativistic Thomson Scattering.

We report on the generation of a narrow divergence (θ_{γ}<2.5  mrad), multi-MeV (E_{max}≈18  MeV) and ultrahigh peak brilliance (>1.8×10^{20}  photons s^{-1} mm^{-2}  mrad^{-2} 0.1% BW) γ-ray beam from the scattering of an ultrarelativistic laser-wakefield accelerated electron beam in the field of a relativistically intense laser (dimensionless amplitude a_{0}≈2). The spectrum of the generated ...