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29.4 Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

In an experiment in which the Compton effect is observed, a “gamma ray” photon with a wavelength of 5.00 × 10–13 m scatters from an electron. If the change in the electron energy is 1.60 × 10–15 J, what is the wavelength of the photon after the collision with the electron?

  1. 4.95 × 10–13 m
  2. 4.98 × 10–13 m
  3. 5.02 × 10–13 m
  4. 5.05 × 10–13 m

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 29.4 Photon Momentum, exercise 3

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