Elastic Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation by Single Electron

Elastic Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation by Single Electron 

To understand the scattering of electromagnetic radiation from a single electron, it can be assumed that a monochromatic plane wave linearly polarized along the x-axis with electric field E(t) = Eo( is scattered elastically by an electron placed at the origin of the Cartesian coordinate system. For an observer located at distance r from the origin, the electric field of the resultant wave is given by  

1) A constant, which is numerically equal to the classical electron radius, tq. 

2) A geometric factor for the projection of incident electric field in a direction perpendicular to the observer s line of sight. 

3) A frequency factor containing the natural frequency coq of the undamped oscillator (representing the motion of electron). 

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