Delbrück Scattering: 50th Anniversary of the Discovery

Dear Colleagues,

By the time a new generation of physicists was able to demonstrate Delbrück scattering experimentally through the medium of novel technologies for that period, confirming predictions relying on Feynman diagrams, Max Delbrück had switched his main research area to become a Nobel Prize winner for his studies on replication and the genetic structure of viruses. Fifty years have passed since Lise Meitner's most meritorious student saw his idea demonstrated in a reliable manner, aided by QED techniques, strengthening Hans Bethe's early confirmation. However, this effect is still a topical direction for research, expected to open the way to new studies and applications for gamma ray scattering experiments.

The present Special Issue of Atoms, “Delbrück Scattering: 50th Anniversary of the Discovery”, invites articles reporting, reviewing or analysing results obtained in experiments related to Delbrück scattering, as well as theoretical studies on this effect. This deflection of gamma photons enabled by vacuum polarisation requires extended studies on nuclear physics energies, from the perspective of a direct, focused approach, together with competing processes (such as Thomson and Rayleigh scattering, GDR) or combined with non competing effects, such as Compton scattering. Consequently, experts in this field are encouraged to submit papers related to any of the above-cited directions or related topics.

Dr. Rareş Şuvǎilǎ
Guest Editor

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