Skip to main content
Log in

On Delbrück scattering

  • Published:
Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

Summary

The formulae for the amplitudes of Delbrück scattering given in a previous paper are manipulated and much simpler expressions for them are derived having the form of a sum of twofold and threefold integrals. The integrands are rather compact and contain only rational, irrational and logarithmic functions. In this preliminary work we consider only the amplitudea +− for circularly polarized photons and we give numerical results for photon energy equal to 10.83 MeV and scattering angle in the range from 50° to 150°. For what concerns the real part of the amplitudes, these preliminary results allow one to resolve the discrepancy between the numerical results previously obtained by Ehlotzky and Sheppey and those more recently given by Papatzacos. In fact our results agree with those by Papatzacos and this seems to confirm that the fixed-angle dispersion relation used by Ehlotzky and Sheppey for the calculation of the real parts is incorrect.

Riassunto

Le formule per le ampiezze di diffusione elastica di fotoni da nuclei («Delbrück scattering»), ricavate in un precedente lavoro, sono rimaneggiate in modo da ottenere per esse espressioni molto più semplici aventi la forma di somme di integrali doppi e tripli. Gli integrandi sono piuttosto compatti e contengono solamente funzioni razionali, irrazionali e logaritmiche. In questo lavoro preliminare consideriamo solo l’ampiezza per fotoni polarizzati circolarmentea +− e diamo risultati numerici per l’energia del fotone uguale a 10.83 MeV e per l’angolo di diffusione compreso tra 50° e 150°. Per quanto riguarda la parte reale dell’ampiezza, questi risultati preliminari permettono di risolvere la discrepanza fra i risultati numerici ottenuti in precedenza da Ehlotzky e Sheppey e quelli ricavati più recentemente da Papatzacos. Infatti i nostri risultati concordano con quelli di Papatzacos e ciò sembra confermare che la relazione di dispersione ad angolo fissato usata da Ehlotzky e Sheppey per il calcolo delle parti reali non è corretta.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. F. Rohrlich andR. L. Gluckstern:Phys. Rev.,86, 1 (1952).

    Article  MATH  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. F. Ehlotzky andG. C. Sheppey:Nuovo Cimento,33, 1185 (1964).

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  3. P. Kessler:Journ. Phys. Rad.,19, 739 (1958).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. P. Papatzacos:Delbrück scattering, University of Trondheim, Norvay (1974) (unpublished).

  5. V. Costantini, B. De Tollis andG. Pistoni:Nuovo Cimento,2 A, 733 (1971) (henceforth referred to as A).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Subroutine RIWIAD (Riemann Integration with Interval Adjustement) D114, CERN (authors:Dutner, Lautrup andSheppey).

  7. Our amplitudea +− is related to the amplitudes for linearly polarized photons as follows:a +− = 1/2 (a 11a 22) (see eqs. (52) of A). Therefore it has the opposite sign with respect to that defined byPapatzacos in eq. (VII.6,9) of his work.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Additional information

To speed up publication, the authors of this paper have agreed to not receive the proofs for correction.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

De Tollis, B., Lusignoli, M. & Pistoni, G. On Delbrück scattering. Nuov Cim A 32, 227–235 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730005

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730005

Navigation