sider a Compton scattering experiment with a given incident photon energy. Show that the attatched equation is the maximum kinetic energy for the scattered elect

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Consider a Compton scattering experiment with a given incident photon energy. Show that the attatched equation is the maximum kinetic energy for the scattered electrons. 

(Hint: This energy is the Compton edge, and can be detected in radioactive decay experiments)

hf
1+ mc²/2hf
Transcribed Image Text:hf 1+ mc²/2hf
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