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On screening effects in pair production at intermediate and high energies

E. BorieH. Arenhövel

subject

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsCross section (physics)Pair productionField (physics)Nuclear fusionElementary particleElectronBorn approximationAtomic physicsExcitation

description

The effect of screening in atomic field pair production is calculated in Born approximation without approximation as to energy or angle and compared with the results of previous calculations based on the high energy approximation. The difference between the two calculations is comparable to the errors in recent experiments. The effect of nuclear excitation on the total pair production cross section is also investigated, but is found to be extremely small.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01392482