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Homework Statement Homework Equations What is a leading correction? The Attempt at a Solution I easily proved the limits, however I do not know what a "leading correction" is. I googled it and I can't seem to find a precise definition.

I've solved the problem. I friend of mine told me that you only need to use conservation of momentum in the x-direction, and the Compton shift equation. Then you solve both for scattered photon wavelength and set them equal. I hate it when I look for help with a problem on Google and find a...

I'm using the same angle because the problem states that "the scattering is symmetric, that is, θ = ϕ in Fig. 1". Am I interpreting this part incorrectly? I realized that the term describing the momentum of the scattered photon should be negative. It helped a bit, but I now arrive at a...

So I tried applying the conservation of momentum with a bit of help from a book I found in the study room. This was my attempt to solve for the angle, however I ended up with sec(theta) = 0, which is impossible. I know I must be missing a term or something somewhere.

Homework Statement Gamma rays of energy 1.02 MeV are scattered from electrons that are initially at rest. If the scattering is symmetric, that is, if θ = ϕ in Fig. 1, find i. the scattering angle θ ii. the energy of the scattered photons. Homework Equations λ' - λ = (h/mc)[1 - cos(θ)] The...