Polarization Correlations in Atomic Photoeffect

Abstract

The seven possible polarization correlations between incident photon and ejected electron in $K$-shell photoeffect have been obtained with numerical methods for the range of elements from $Z=13\mathrm{}$ to $Z=92\mathrm{}$ and the range of energies from 200 keV to 2 MeV. The photoeffect can serve as a polarizer of electrons, a transmitter of polarization from photons to electrons, or an analyzer of polarized radiation. In heavy elements at suitable angles of emission all these correlations can be large. Previous work on the correlations is discussed.