Preferred Label : Compton effect;
IUPAC definition : The elastic scattering of a photon by an electron which afterwards occurs as a free
electron. Part of the energy and momentum of the incident photon is transferred to
the electron and the remaining part is carried away by the scattered photon. Synonymous
with Compton scattering;
Origin ID : C01218;
See also
The elastic scattering of a photon by an electron which afterwards occurs as a free
electron. Part of the energy and momentum of the incident photon is transferred to
the electron and the remaining part is carried away by the scattered photon. Synonymous
with Compton scattering
