Recent topics on magnetic Compton-profile studies are reviewed. A compact introduction describes that the X-ray magnetic Compton-scattering method can be used to measure the momentum density of magnetic electrons, which may be said to be the extreme space-time self correlation of spins. Some examples show that the magnetic Compton profile provides information about the spin component of a magne...

We present an extraordinary variation of the X-ray spectrum of the obscured AGN in NGC 1365, which was observed by Chandra to change from Compton-thin to Compton-thick and back to Compton-thin in four days. This fast variation imply a a size of ∼ 10 14 cm for the emitting region, and an extremely compact size (∼ 10 16 cm) of the clumpy circumnuclear absorber.

When gamma-rays emerge from a central source they may undergo Compton scattering in surrounding matter. The resulting Compton-scattered electrons radiate. Coherent radiation by such Compton electrons follows nuclear explosions above the Earth's atmosphere. Particle acceleration in instabilities produced by Compton electron currents may explain the radio emission of SN1998bw. Bounds on coherent ...

We have carried out first-principles all-electron calculations of the (001)-projected 2D electron momentum density and the directional Compton profiles along the [100], [001] and [110] directions in the Fe-based superconductor LaOFeAs within the framework of the local density approximation. We identify Fermi surface features in the 2D electron momentum density and the directional Compton profil...