Chapter 12


Electromagnetic radiation

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Blackbody radiation........................................268 Planck functions..........................................268 Radiation curves..........................................269 Synchrotron radiation......................................270 Single electron in a magnetic field.......................270 General distribution of electrons.........................271 Power law distribution of electrons.......................271 Compton scattering.........................................272 Compton shift.............................................272 Energy of scattered photon................................272 Energy of struck electrons................................272 Relation between the scattering angles....................272 Klein-Nishina cross-section...............................272 Klein-Nishina differential cross-sections.................273 Inverse Compton scattering.................................274 Total energy loss rate....................................274 Spectra...................................................275 Hot plasma emission........................................276 Bremsstrahlung from a hot plasma..........................276 Non-thermal bremsstrahlung................................276 X-ray line emission from a hot plasma.....................276 Radiative recombination radiation.........................277 Maxwell's equations........................................277 Conversion table...........................................278 Standard definitions in radiative transport theory.........279 Maxwell's equations in various systems of units............280 Spectrum nomogram..........................................281 Bibliography...............................................281