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Compton Effect:

Scatter x-rays off electrons in carbon


\begin{displaymath}E_{\gamma } = hf = \displaystyle\frac{hc}{\lambda }\rightarro...
...^{\prime }-\lambda = \displaystyle\frac{h}{m_eC}(1-\cos\theta )\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}p_{\gamma } = \displaystyle\frac{E_{\gamma }}{C} = \displaystyle\frac{h}
{\lambda }\end{displaymath}



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