Scientific Reports (Aug 2024)

Hard X-ray inverse Compton scattering at photon energy of 87.5 keV

  • Yusuke Sakai,
  • Marcus Babzien,
  • Mikhail Fedurin,
  • Karl Kusche,
  • Oliver Williams,
  • Atsushi Fukasawa,
  • Brian Naranjo,
  • Alex Murokh,
  • Ronald Agustsson,
  • Andrew Simmonds,
  • Paul Jacob,
  • George Stenby,
  • Robert Malone,
  • Mikhail Polyanskiy,
  • Igor Pogorelsky,
  • Mark Palmer,
  • James Rosenzweig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68170-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Abstract Production of hard X-ray via inverse Compton scattering at photon energies below 100 keV range aimed at potential applications in medicine and material research is reported. Experiments have been performed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Accelerator Test Facility, employing the counter collision of a 70 MeV, 0.3 nC electron beam with a near infra-red Nd: YAG laser (1064 nm wavelength) pulse containing ~ 100 mJ in a single shot basis. The radiation distribution of the scattered photon beam is assessed to be sufficiently quasi monochromatic to produce clear contrast from the Au K- edge at 80.7 keV.