Compton effect
The incoming photons' energy must be in the range of an X-ray frequency to generate the Compton effect. The electron does not lose enough energy that reduces the wavelength of scattered photons towards the visible spectrum. As a result, with visible lights, the Compton effect is missing.
Recoil Velocity
The amount of backward thrust or force experienced by a person when he/she shoots a gun in the forward direction is called recoil velocity. This phenomenon always follows the law of conservation of linear momentum.
A beam of photons of energy 184keV is incident on target. Scattered photons are observed at an angle of 60 degrees relative to the direction of the incident beam. Assume that the photons scatter from free electrons in a target.
Find the magnitude of the electron's momentum and the component of the electron's momentum perpendicular to the direction of the incident beam.
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