To the Thomson Cross Section of Light Scattered by a Moving Particle

In this paper, within the framework of classical electrodynamics, we rederive in a simple way the formula for the cross section of light scattering by a moving particle. The results are of interest for the community of researchers working on laser-electron X-ray generators.

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