Experimental investigation of high-energy photon splitting in atomic fields

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作者
Akhmadaliev, SZ [1 ]
Kezerashvili, GY [1 ]
Klimenko, SG [1 ]
Lee, RN [1 ]
Malyshev, VM [1 ]
Maslennikov, AL [1 ]
Milov, AM [1 ]
Milstein, AI [1 ]
Muchnoi, NY [1 ]
Naumenkov, AI [1 ]
Panin, VS [1 ]
Peleganchuk, SV [1 ]
Pospelov, GE [1 ]
Protopopov, IY [1 ]
Romanov, LV [1 ]
Shamov, AG [1 ]
Shatilov, DN [1 ]
Simonov, EA [1 ]
Strakhovenko, VM [1 ]
Tikhonov, YA [1 ]
机构
[1] Budker Inst Nucl Phys, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
基金
俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.061802
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Data analysis of an experiment in which photon splitting in atomic fields was observed is presented. The experiment was performed at the tagged photon beam of the ROKK-1M facility at the VEPP-4M collider. In the energy region of 120-450 MeV, statistics of 1.6x10(9) photons incident on the BGO target was collected. About 400 candidate photon-splitting events were reconstructed. Within the attained experimental accuracy, the experimental results are consistent with the calculated exact atomic-field cross section. The predictions obtained in the Born approximation differ significantly from the experimental results.
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