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A photon of wavelength lambda = 6.0 pm is scattered at right angles by a stationary free electron. Find: (a) the frequency of the scattered photon, (b) the kinetic energy of the compton electron.

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Solution :(a) From the Compton FROMULA
`lambda' = 2PI CANCEL lambda_(C) (1- cos 90) + lambda`
Thus `omega' = (2pic)/(lambda') = (2pic)/(lambda+2pi cancel lambda_(c))` where `2pi cancel lambda_(c) = (h)/(mc)`.
Substituting the values. We get `omega' = 2.24 xx 10^(20)rad//sec`
(b) The kinetc energy of the scattered electron (in the frame in which the initial electron was STATIONARY) is simply
`T = cancelh omega - cancelh omega'`
` =(2pi cancel h c)/(lambda)-(2pi cancelh c)/(lambda+2pi cancel lambda_(c))`
`= (4pi^(2)cancel h cancel lambda_(c))/(lambda(lambda+2pilambda_(c))) = (2picancel h c//lambda)/(1+lambda//2pi cancel lambda_(c)) = 59.5kV`


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