A free electron at rest causes an xray photon with a wavelength of 0.240 nm to scatter. With respect to the direction of the input photon, the scattered photon rotates at an angle of 125 degrees. Find the a) initial momentum and b) final momentum.
Compton effect
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A free electron at rest causes an xray photon with a wavelength of 0.240 nm to scatter. With respect to the direction of the input photon, the scattered photon rotates at an angle of 125 degrees. Find the a) initial momentum and b) final momentum.
Given the wavelength of the x-ray photon
scattering angle
(a) initial momentum of the photon will be
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