Compton scattering (or the Compton effect) is the quantum theory of high frequency photons scattering following an interaction with a charged particle...

low-energy limit of Compton scattering: the particle's kinetic energy and photon frequency do not change as a result of the scattering. This limit is valid...

gamma-ray spectrometry, the Compton edge is a feature of the measured gamma-ray energy spectrum that results from Compton scattering in the detector material...

needed] Compton scattering is the predominant interaction between X-rays and soft tissue in medical imaging. Compton scattering is an inelastic scattering of...

Arthur Compton in 1923 in his explanation of the scattering of photons by electrons (a process known as Compton scattering). The standard Compton wavelength...

secondary gamma rays by the mechanisms of bremsstrahlung, inverse Compton scattering and synchrotron radiation. A large fraction of such astronomical gamma...

Non-linear inverse Compton scattering (NICS), also known as non-linear Compton scattering and multiphoton Compton scattering, is the scattering of multiple low-energy...

where he studied the scattering and absorption of gamma rays. Further research along these lines led to the discovery of the Compton effect. He used X-rays...

Rayleigh scattering and Mie scattering. Inelastic scattering includes Brillouin scattering, Raman scattering, inelastic X-ray scattering and Compton scattering...

composed of several independent processes: photoelectric effect, Compton (incoherent) scattering, electron-positron pair production in the nucleus field and...

called inverse Compton scattering.[citation needed] Neutrons undergo many types of scattering, including both elastic and inelastic scattering. Whether elastic...

electron scattering occurs at all and the beam passes straight through. Single scattering: when an electron is scattered just once. Plural scattering: when...

formula describes both the Thomson scattering of low energy photons (e.g. visible light) and the Compton scattering of high energy photons (e.g. x-rays...

problem including Compton scattering and the Bremsstrahlung process for a single release of energy. In 1982, the importance of double Compton emission as a...

another process, Compton scattering, may occur. Above twice this energy, at 1.022 MeV, pair production is also more likely. Compton scattering and pair production...

gamma rays can be measured with high accuracy through the effects of Compton scattering. Bandplan Cosmic ray Electroencephalography Infrared window Ionizing...

straightforwardly given. An example is Compton scattering, with an electron and a photon undergoing elastic scattering. Feynman diagrams are in this case: 158–159 ...

Elastic scattering is a form of particle scattering in scattering theory, nuclear physics and particle physics. In this process, the internal states of...

A Compton telescope (also known as Compton camera or Compton imager) is a gamma-ray detector which utilizes Compton scattering to determine the origin...

and scattering of the incident radiation caused by several different mechanisms such as Rayleigh scattering (coherent scattering); Compton scattering (incoherent...

energy, E2, would be measured. From these two energies, E1 and E2, the Compton scattering angle, angle θ, can be determined, along with the total energy, E1...

comparatively excellent contrast with effective atomic number Z) or Compton scattering and pair production predominate (at energies above approximately 200 keV...

Arthur Holly Compton showed that the wavelength shift seen when low intensity X-rays scattered from electrons (so called Compton scattering) could be explained...

distortion of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) through inverse Compton scattering by high-energy electrons in galaxy clusters, in which the low-energy...

converted to an energetic electron via either the photoelectric effect, Compton scattering or pair production. The chemistry of atomic de-excitation in the scintillator...

hydrogen. Unlike the plasma, these atoms could not scatter thermal radiation by Thomson scattering, and so the universe became transparent. Known as the...

Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons Compton wavelength, a quantum mechanical property of a particle Compton (surname)...

between scattering and correlation functions is the LSZ-theorem: The scattering amplitude for n particles to go to m particles in a scattering event is...

is sometimes considered a sub-set of X-ray scattering, where the scattering is elastic and the scattering object is crystalline, so that the resulting...

of primary gamma rays undergoing Compton scattering within the crystal: Depending on the scattering angle, the Compton electrons have different energies...