DATA ANALYSIS IN GAMMA-RAY COMPTON SPECTROSCOPY

Abstract

Compton scattering is a technique for determining the momentum distribution of electrons in condensed matter. Therefore, in the Compton scattering experiment all the available data about the electron’s initial state is contained in the distribution of the inelastically scattered radiation, i.e. the Compton profile. However, before the data can be interpreted, a series of energy dependent corrections have to be applied. In this paper, general aspects of the Compton Scattering theory are introduced. Data analysis procedure for the γ-ray experiment is outlined and the sensitivity of these corrections on the quality of the final results is discussed.