Homework 6

Due: Friday, 2013 May 10

25. 10.3
26. 10.7
27. 10.10
28. 11.8
29. 11.14
30. A plane, monochromatic, linearly polarized electromangetic wave incident on a free electron will cause the electron to oscillate and hence to radiate. This process can be described as scattering of radiation (as described in class). Find the total cross section for scattering off electrons at rest. This is known as Thomson scattering and the cross section as the Thomson cross section.

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