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<p>In this paper we study the problem of fermions scattering by the field of a magnetic dipole in Minkowski space-time. The amplitude and differential cross section for scattering of massive fermions are obtained using the exact solution of the Dirac equation written in the helicity basis. We found that the most probable transitions are those that scatter the fermions perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field and we consider only the transverse momenta in our analysis. The differential cross section behavior in terms of scattering angle and energy is graphically analysed and we perform a comparative study with the Coulomb scattering.</p>
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In this paper we study the problem of fermions scattering by the field of a magnetic dipole in Minkowski space-time. The amplitude and differential cross section for scattering of massive fermions are obtained using the exact solution of the Dirac equation written in the helicity basis. We found that the most probable transitions are those that scatter the fermions perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field and we consider only the transverse momenta in our analysis. The differential cross section behavior in terms of scattering angle and energy is graphically analysed and we perform a comparative study with the Coulomb scattering.

Scattering of Fermions by a Magnetic Dipole Field

Annals of West University of Timisoara - Physics

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In this paper we study the problem of fermions scattering by the field of a magnetic dipole in Minkowski space-time. The amplitude and differential cross...

Scattering of Fermions by a Magnetic Dipole Field

Publié en ligne: 22 déc. 2021

Pages: 145 - 153

Reçu: 17 oct. 2021

Accepté: 10 nov. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2021-0010

Mots clés
Magnetic dipole, First order amplitudes, Differential cross section

© 2021 Sergiu Hategan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Scattering of Fermions by a Magnetic Dipole Field

Publié en ligne: 22 déc. 2021

Pages: 145 - 153

Reçu: 17 oct. 2021

Accepté: 10 nov. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2021-0010

Mots clésMagnetic dipole, First order amplitudes, Differential cross section

© 2021 Sergiu Hategan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Magnetic dipole, First order amplitudes, Differential cross section