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Real and Virtual Compton Scattering at Low Energies

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These lectures give a pedagogical introduction to real and virtual Compton scattering at low energies. We will first discuss real Compton scattering by a point particle as well as a composite system in the framework of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. The concept of electromagnetic polarizabilities is introduced. We then address the description of the Compton scattering tensor within quantum field theory with particular emphasis on the derivation of low-energy theorems. The importance of a consistent treatment of the hadron structure in the use of the electromagnetic vertices is stressed. Finally, the reader is introduced to the notion of generalized polarizabilities in the rapidly expanding field of the virtual Compton scattering.

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Scherer, S. Real and Virtual Compton Scattering at Low Energies. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics 49, 1307–1345 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022872211333

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