Compton-scattering Definition
noun
(physics) The increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the energy, of photons (especially of X-rays and gamma rays) when scattered by interaction with matter.
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Origin of Compton-scattering
For Arthur Compton American physicist
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