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Compton effect

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  …electron and h/mc is called Compton wavelength. It has the value 0.0243 angstrom. The energy hν of a photon of this wavelength is equal to the rest mass energy mc2 of an electron. One might argue that electrons in atoms are not at rest, but their kinetic energy is very…

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