Transcription of Compton Scattering - High Energy Physics
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(revised 4/27/01) Compton ScatteringAdvanced Laboratory, Physics 407 University of WisconsinMadison, Wisconsin 53706 AbstractThe Compton Scattering of the 662 keV gamma rays from the decay ofCs137is measured using a Sodium Iodide detector. The scattered Energy andthe differential cross section are both measured as a function of scatteringangle, and the results are compared to the full relativistic quantum theoryof Compton effect is the elastic Scattering of photons from a reaction, the process is: +e +e .Since this is a two body elastic Scattering process, the angle of the scat-tered photon is completely correlated with the Energy of the scattered photonby Energy and momentum conservation.
the Compton energy shift. This would not be the case for X-ray energies. Another useful kinematic relation is the electron scattering angle in terms of the photon scattering angle: cotϕ = (1+γ)tanθ/2 where ϕ is the electron scattering angle relative to the incident photon di-rection.
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