Calculate the percentage change in photon energy during a collision like that in

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Calculate the percentage change in photon energy during a collision like that in the figure below for phi = 90° and for radiation in the following.
(a) the microwave range, with ? = 2.0 cm
Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. %

(b) the visible range, with ? = 411 nm
%

(c) the x-ray range, with ? = 28 pm
%

(d) the gamma-ray range, the gamma photon energy being 1.4 MeV
%

(e) What are your conclusions about the feasibility of detecting the Compton shift in these various regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, judging solely by the criterion of energy loss in a single photon-electron encounter?

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Section 38-4 Photons have Momentum

Explanation / Answer

http://courses.wcupa.edu/mwaite/phy240/ANS_38a.pdf The fifth page, at the bottom, contains the solution to your problem, although the numbers involved are slightly different. I hope you can calculate them by yourself. Good luck!

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