title: Precision gamma-ray polarimetry applied to studies of bremsstrahlung produced by polarized electrons
creator: Kovtun, Oleksiy
subject: 530
subject: 530 Physics
description: The thesis reports on the measurement of bremsstrahlung linear polarization produced in collisions of longitudinally and transversely polarized electrons with gold atoms. The experiment was performed at the Mainzer Microtron MAMI in the Institut für Kernphysik of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. Spin-oriented electrons with 2.15 MeV kinetic energy collided with a thin golden target and produced bremsstrahlung. Linear polarization of the emitted photons was measured by means of Compton polarimetry applied to a segmented high-purity germanium detector. Experimental results reveal a strong correlation between the electron spin orientation and bremsstrahlung linear polarization. This indicates a dominant role of the electron spin in atomic-field bremsstrahlung and Coulomb scattering.
date: 2016
type: Dissertation
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/20470/1/kovtun_thesis.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00020470
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-204708
identifier:   Kovtun, Oleksiy  (2016) Precision gamma-ray polarimetry applied to studies of bremsstrahlung produced by polarized electrons.  [Dissertation]     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/20470/
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language: eng