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What is the maximum wavelength shift for a Compton collision between a photon and a free proton?

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Chapter6: Photons And Matter Waves

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Problem 80P: What is the wavelength of (a) a 12-keV X-ray photon; (b) a 2.O-MeV y -ray photon?

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