Eur. Phys. J. D 61, 57-61 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2010-10494-2

Bremsstrahlung production by colliding beams of protons and electrons

Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany

Corresponding author: ^a haug@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de

Received: 7 September 2010
Revised: 30 September 2010
Published online: 3 December 2010

Abstract

The differential cross section of bremsstrahlung emitted in the head-on collision of beams of energetic protons and electrons is calculated in the laboratory frame. The angular distribution of the photons is more isotropic than in the common bremsstrahlung production on stationary target atoms. The total cross section is determined by integration over the photon angles which are allowed kinematically.