Interaction of electrons with matter

At low to moderate energies , the primary modes of interaction are

• Ionization
• Moller scattering
• Bhabha scattering and
• electron-positron annihilation
Ionization
Moller scattering
e +e  e + e.
In quantum electrodynamics, Moller scattering is said to
occur due to the exchange of virtual photons between the
electrons.
In classical electrodynamics, one can simply call it a
consequence of Coulomb repulsion between the two
electrons.
Bhabha scattering
-the scattering of an electron from a positron.
e + e+ e + e+