We investigate the exclusive photoproduction of a heavy timelike photon which decays into a lepton pair, γp → `+`− p. This can be seen as the analog of deeply virtual Compton scattering, and we argue that the two processes are complementary for studying generalized parton distributions in the nucleon. In an unpolarized experiment the angular distribution of the leptons readily provides access t...

In radionuclide treatment, tumor cells are primarily destroyed by charged particles emitted by the compound while associated higher energy photons are used to image the tumor in order to determine radiation dose and monitor shrinkage. However, the higher energy photons are difficult to image with conventional collimated Anger cameras, since a tradeoff exists between resolution and sensitivity, ...

Anharmonic thermal effects on the electron momentum distribution of a lithium fluoride single crystal are experimentally measured through high-resolution Compton scattering and theoretically modeled with ab initio simulations, beyond the harmonic approximation to the lattice potential, explicitly accounting for thermal expansion. Directional Compton profiles are measured at two different temper...

We determine the impact force generated by the projectile penetrating the body of the harmonic oscillator.We discuss the ballistic effect in connection with the Compton effect.

We consider in this paper the effect of synchrotron self-Compton process on X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts. We find that for a wide range of parameter values, especially for the standard values which imply the energy in the electrons behind the afterglow shock is tens times as that in the magnetic field, the electron cooling is dominated by Compton cooling rather than synchrotron one. Thi...

The goal of this presentation is to introduce the properties and scientific interests of the laser beam-electron beam Compton scattering. There are many possible applications for this process but the main technical difficulty is the requested very high laser beam average power. The various solutions that are presently worked out to provide the requested average power will be reviewed as well as...