Ahhh alright. Just want to make sure that my solution is reasonable before I go to discuss with my lecturer about the wrong solution. Thanks for helping 😇
The solution is posted by my lecturer so I’m sure that it’s the solution for this question. My attempted solution assumed that the final photon momentum would be -h/ λ ( the photon scattering angle is 180). Is there anything wrong with my attempted solution?
The solution is posted by my lecturer so I’m sure that it’s the solution for this question. My attempted solution assumed that the final photon momentum would be -h/ λ ( the photon scattering angle is 180). Is there anything wrong with my attempted solution?
Solution given:
The minimum kinetic energy electrons will arise from a change in photon energy on scattering that is a minimum and this will arise from the smallest wavelength change of the photon. The Compton scattering formula is
∆λ = (h/mc)(1 − cos φ) which is minimised when 1 = cos φ. This...