Questions about Compton Scattering

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The forum discussion centers on the equipment used by Arthur Compton in his experiments on Compton scattering, specifically the use of a cloud chamber and Bragg spectrometer. Participants clarify that Compton measured the wavelength shift of X-rays by analyzing the recoiling electrons' angles. Key references include Compton's Nobel lecture and various illustrations of spectral results from his experiments. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding the scattering target's localization and the mathematical relationships involved in the scattering process.

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What equipment Compton used to measure the wavelength shift in your experiment ? Some links talk about the use of bragg spectrometer others about the use of ionization chambers.


In this link have some illustrations of spectras resultants of Compton experiments

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1085639&blobtype=pdf

The peak of unmodified rays, its caused by the interactions with electron close to the nucleus?
 
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He used a cloud chamber - see pp 187, 188 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1927/compton-lecture.pdf
 
thanks for the link.

The target for the primary X-rays ("scattering target") process is localized in the center of the chamber? Compton used the angle of recoiling electron to measure the angle of secondary ray, using this relation \cot\frac{1}{2}\delta=\tan\theta ?

The shown image in the nobel lecture is a
it is a simplification of this image?

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/compdat.html#c1
 
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