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Coherent Scattering of 1.33 MeV. γ-Rays by Lead

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THE cross-section for coherent (elastic) scattering of γ-rays from a heavy atom is expected to include a contribution from Delbrück scattering, the scattering of light by a static electric field1. This contribution should appear as a deviation of the experimental cross-section from the cross-section calculated taking only Rayleigh scattering and nuclear Thomson scattering into account; but uncertainties in both theory and experiment have made it difficult to draw any definite conclusions from the results at low energies2,3.

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  1. K. G. STANDING: Now on leave at the H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol.

  2. J. V. JOVANOVICH: On leave from the University of Belgrade; now at the Physics Department, Washington University.

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STANDING, K., JOVANOVICH, J. Coherent Scattering of 1.33 MeV. γ-Rays by Lead. Nature 182, 521–523 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182521b0

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