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Nuclear Compton scattering from 12C

Preston, Markus LU (2014) FYSM60 20141
Department of Physics
Nuclear physics
Abstract
Nuclear Compton scattering — the elastic scattering of photons — from 12C has been studied at the Tagged-Photon Facility at MAX IV in Lund, Sweden. The differential cross section for the reaction was determined at laboratory angles of 60° and 120° in the energy range 65-95 MeV. The cross section for nuclear Compton scattering is related to the electric and magnetic polarisabilities of the proton and the neutron. The polarisabilities are fundamental structure constants that describe how nucleons are affected by an external electromagnetic field. The determination of the electric and magnetic polarisabilities of the neutron through measurements of the deuterium Compton scattering cross section is the goal of a recent large scale experimental... (More)
Nuclear Compton scattering — the elastic scattering of photons — from 12C has been studied at the Tagged-Photon Facility at MAX IV in Lund, Sweden. The differential cross section for the reaction was determined at laboratory angles of 60° and 120° in the energy range 65-95 MeV. The cross section for nuclear Compton scattering is related to the electric and magnetic polarisabilities of the proton and the neutron. The polarisabilities are fundamental structure constants that describe how nucleons are affected by an external electromagnetic field. The determination of the electric and magnetic polarisabilities of the neutron through measurements of the deuterium Compton scattering cross section is the goal of a recent large scale experimental effort spanning almost a decade at the Tagged-Photon Facility at MAX IV. The purpose of this experiment was twofold: to verify the procedure for normalisation of Compton scattering data by investigating 12C and comparing to a well-established and comprehensive existing body of data, and to determine whether the electric and magnetic polarisabilities of free nucleons are affected when they are bound inside a nucleus. (Less)
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author
Preston, Markus LU
supervisor
organization
course
FYSM60 20141
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Compton scattering, nucleon polarisabilities, nucleon polarizabilities, tagged photon, photonuclear, sodium iodide, nuclear
language
English
id
4465998
date added to LUP
2014-06-18 17:12:23
date last changed
2014-10-22 10:09:08
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  abstract     = {{Nuclear Compton scattering — the elastic scattering of photons — from 12C has been studied at the Tagged-Photon Facility at MAX IV in Lund, Sweden. The differential cross section for the reaction was determined at laboratory angles of 60° and 120° in the energy range 65-95 MeV. The cross section for nuclear Compton scattering is related to the electric and magnetic polarisabilities of the proton and the neutron. The polarisabilities are fundamental structure constants that describe how nucleons are affected by an external electromagnetic field. The determination of the electric and magnetic polarisabilities of the neutron through measurements of the deuterium Compton scattering cross section is the goal of a recent large scale experimental effort spanning almost a decade at the Tagged-Photon Facility at MAX IV. The purpose of this experiment was twofold: to verify the procedure for normalisation of Compton scattering data by investigating 12C and comparing to a well-established and comprehensive existing body of data, and to determine whether the electric and magnetic polarisabilities of free nucleons are affected when they are bound inside a nucleus.}},
  author       = {{Preston, Markus}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Nuclear Compton scattering from 12C}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}