Compton Scattering (1 Viewer)

[mathsfreak1010]

Wondering how to do this question

Q: The usual theory of the Compton effect considers a stationary free electron being struck by a photon, resulting in a scattered photon of lower energy. Suppose that a photon (of energy E) has a head-on collision with a moving electron (of rest mass mo) What initial velocity does the electron have if the collision results in a photon recoiling straight backward with the same energy E as the incident photon?

thanks in advance

 

[anomalousdecay]

Is this q2q or extra curricular?

 

[Fizzy_Cyst]

erm..

way beyond anything in HSC?

Basically, just conservation of momentum, should come out to be e/((e^2 + m^2c^4)^1/2) (my LateX skills are lacking, so yeah..)

 

[anomalousdecay]

erm..

way beyond anything in HSC?

Basically, just conservation of momentum, should come out to be e/((e^2 + m^2c^4)^1/2) (my LateX skills are lacking, so yeah..)