Compton Cross Section: Derivation & Relation

motoroller · Jun 3, 2010

What's the relation for the Compton cross section? I remember it going as 1/(1-cos(theta)) but can't remember the rest. I searched for a derivation but can't find one at the moment.

ansgar · Jun 4, 2010

eq. 6

http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~kuncic/lectures/HEA_L10.pdf

phyzguy · Jun 4, 2010

Look up the Klein-Nishina formula:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein-Nishina_formula

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