Give difference between thomson scattering and rayleigh scattering
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Rayleigh scattering is the elastic scattering of a photon off an entire atom. Thomson scattering is the elastic scattering of a photon off a single unbound electron. Both are more likely to happen at lower energies. In particular, Rayleigh scattering cross section depends on the inverse square of initial photon energy.
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