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    Archived Optics: Shift in y from a thin pane of glass, young's experiment.

    Homework Statement With regard to Young’s Experiment, derive a general expression for the shift in the vertical position of the mth maximum as a result of placing a thin parallel sheet of glass of index n and thickness d directly over one of the slits. Identify your assumptions. Homework...
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    Gamma ray colliding with an electron

    Thank you for your reply. After a few more tries I was able to solve it using Compton scattering with a reflection of 180. :)
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    Gamma ray colliding with an electron

    Homework Statement A beam of gamma rays of energy 1.00 MeV are aimed at a set of freely moving gold particles. The gamma rays reflected back have an energy of 0.2035 MeV. How is this result consistent with the model of a gamma ray reflecting from an isolated electron initially at rest...