Question

10. What is Compton's effect? Find the expression
of change in wavelength of scatter photon.
X ray of wavelength 10pm are scattered from a
target. Find the wavelength of X ray scattered
through 45°?
3+14+3 = 20​

Answer 1

Answer:

Compton scattering, discovered by Arthur Holly Compton, is the scattering of a photon by a charged particle, usually an electron. It results in a decrease in energy (increase in wavelength) of the photon (which may be an X-ray or gamma ray photon), called the Compton effect. Part of the energy of the photon is transferred to the recoiling electron. Inverse Compton scattering occurs when a charged particle transfers part of its energy to a photon.