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Compton effect

n.
The increase in wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, especially of an x-ray or a gamma-ray photon, scattered by an electron.

[After Arthur Holly Compton.]
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Compton effect

(ˈkɒmptən)
n
(General Physics) a phenomenon in which a collision between a photon and a particle results in an increase in the kinetic energy of the particle and a corresponding increase in the wavelength of the photon
[C20: named after Arthur Holly Compton ]
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Secondly, the amended values given by Cromer and Mann [12] were used to correct the Compton scattering. At last, the structure factor S(Q) was obtained through Ashcroft-Langreth method [13, 14].
The calculation of deeply virtual Compton scattering using LFWFs is given in [23].
In Compton scattering, the scattering of an Xray by an electron, the wavelength of the scattered X-ray varies with the scattering angle.
Photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, and pair production mechanisms can explain the interaction of photons with the GAGOC and CMO scintillator materials.
Compton scattering, which subtracts energy from the photons, is known to occur for high-energy light sources such as X-rays and gamma rays.
Among specific topics are the complex permittivity of soils in western Rajasthan at microwave frequency, Compton scattering and electronic properties of tungsten ditelluride, structural and electrical conductivity studies in nickel ferrite nanoparticles, and the temperature dependent elastic moduli of liquid potassium.
[kappa] represents the sum of several individual attenuation coefficients mainly due to the photoelectric absorption, Compton scattering, and pair production [6].
When X-ray photons and scintillation crystals interact with each other, due to photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, and electron pair effect, X-ray attenuation characteristics can be expressed as
From Figure 1 one can observe that the [mu]/[rho] values of the borate glass samples are very high in photoelectric absorption region, reduce gradually, and become lowest in Compton scattering region.
Gamma rays are produced by a number of astronomical processes in which very high-energy electrons are produced, that in turn cause secondary gamma rays by the mechanisms of bremsstrahlung, inverse Compton scattering and synchrotron radiation.
Wuthrich presents some convincing examples, such as when he shows how the analogy between Moller and Compton scattering, which becomes apparent in the diagrammatic representation, led to an extension of the concept of vacuum polarization; but understandably he tends to overstate the role of Feynman diagrams (e.g., Compton scattering had already been understood as a process of emission and absorption, as opposed to a scattering process, for quite some time, when Feynman diagrams came along, as opposed to what is claimed on p.
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