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The tracks of the Compton effect
Author(s) -
del Regato J. A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595046
Subject(s) - physics , compton scattering , compton wavelength , wavelength , radiation , optics , computational physics , scattering
The observation of scattered radiations of larger wavelength than the primary had been repeatedly rejected or explained away by many researchers, including Compton. After years of vacillations, he recognized the effect named after him and was the first to develop a quantal equation predicting the wavelength of scattered radiation. It became one of the most significant contributions to modern radiation physics, opening the doors of quantum mechanics. Key words: scattered radiations, Compton effect, William Duane, Karl Stenström