Quantum-Mechanical Treatment of an Electron Undergoing Synchrotron Radiation
- 15 April 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 5 (8), 1930-1936
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.5.1930
Abstract
The problem of an electron moving perpendicular to an intense magnetic field is approached from the framework of quantum mechanics. A numerical solution to the related rate equations describing the probabilities of occupation of the electron's energy states is put forth along with the expected errors involved. The quantum-mechanical approach is found to predict a significant amount of energy broadening with time for an initially monoenergetic electron beam entering a region of an intense magnetic field as long as the product of initial energy and magnetic field is of order 50 MG BeV or larger.Keywords
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