Polarization Of The High-Energy End Of The Electron-Nucleus Bremsstrahlung In Electron-Atom Collisions

摘要

The linear polarization of bremsstrahlung radiation emitted in collisions of spin-polarized and unpolarized electrons with carbon and gold targets has been measured for an incident kinetic energy of 100 keV. We present preliminary results for the degree of linear polarization for incident unpolarized electrons as a function of bremsstrahlung photon energy.