• The Compton wavelength is a quantum mechanical property of a particle, defined as the wavelength of a photon whose energy is the same as the rest energy...
    11 KB (1,627 words) - 00:13, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Compton scattering
    thus, an increase in its wavelength. This tradeoff between wavelength and energy in response to the collision is the Compton effect. Because of conservation...
    28 KB (3,865 words) - 04:37, 30 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arthur Compton
    the Compton wavelength of the electron; it is equal to 2.43×10−12 m. The wavelength shift λ′ − λ lies between zero (for θ = 0°) and twice the Compton wavelength...
    40 KB (4,366 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thomson scattering
    equivalently, if the wavelength of the light is much greater than the Compton wavelength of the particle (e.g., for electrons, longer wavelengths than hard x-rays)...
    11 KB (1,584 words) - 12:59, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Unit of length
    School of Physics "Enrico Fermi". pp. 142–143. ISBN 9781586031671. "Compton wavelength over 2 pi". The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty...
    13 KB (1,099 words) - 00:25, 4 October 2024
  • 2000 Compton Limestone, a geologic unit in Missouri Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons Compton wavelength, a quantum...
    3 KB (382 words) - 16:31, 11 June 2024
  • of our theory.": 8  (This frequency is also known as Compton frequency.) To find the wavelength equivalent to a moving body, de Broglie: 214  set the...
    70 KB (7,968 words) - 23:06, 25 September 2024
  • measured with high precision through a very precise measurement of its Compton wavelength. This is then combined with the value of the Rydberg constant to extract...
    16 KB (2,198 words) - 23:42, 25 May 2024
  • Schwarzschild radius ( 2 G M / c 2 {\displaystyle 2GM/c^{2}} ) and the Compton wavelength ( 2 π ℏ / M c {\displaystyle 2\pi \hbar /Mc} ) corresponding to a...
    25 KB (2,456 words) - 12:56, 8 October 2024
  • two being the Bohr radius a 0 {\displaystyle a_{0}} and the reduced Compton wavelength of the electron ƛe. Any one of these three length scales can be written...
    5 KB (844 words) - 13:54, 9 October 2024