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Cross section profiles d2σ/dΩdω′ for Compton scattering of photons by bound electrons are calculated for all subshells of the atom. Results obtained from the form factor approximation and from a relativistic version of the impulse approximation are compared with experimental data for Cu and Pb at a scattering angle ofθ=145° and a photon energy of 662 keV. The impulse approximation proves to be superior to the form factor approximation and is used to predict cross section profiles for a primary energy of 50 MeV and different scattering angles and charge numbers. It is shown that only for the heaviest atoms and scattering angles belowθ=5° there is a non-negligible contribution of Compton scattering to the elastic peak.
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Wenskus, R., Baumann, A., Rullhusen, P. et al. Relativistic double differential cross sections for Compton scattering by bound electrons: Test at low photon energies and predictions at intermediate photon energies. Z Physik A 320, 179–184 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01881265
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