Compton effect

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Interactive effect of x-ray and gamma radiation with matter. The Compton effect is the elastic scattering of a quantum with a free or quasi-free electron from the electron sheath of an atom. Part of the energy and the pulse of the quantum is transferred to the electron, the rest remains with the scattered quantum.

Diagram Compton effect

Compton effect, interaction of a gamma quantum with a sheath electron

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