Compton effect
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The Compton effect is the name for the primary manner in which energy is absorbed by matter. Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962) discovered that when a photon strikes an electron, it imparts both energy and momentum to the electron which recoils. After collision, the photon’s energy has decreased and therefore its wavelength has increased. The effect is considered the confirmation that light is made of particles and photons have momentum. Compton measured photon-electron scattering in 1922 and received the Nobel in Physics in 1927 for his achievement in contributing to the theory of wave-particle duality.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ The Compton Effect Andrew Duffy (2000). Boston University, Physics Department
- ↑ Compton Scattering Rod Nave. Hyper Physics, Georgia State University
- ↑ Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 Nobel Foundation