A Compton-Scattered X-Ray Photon Has Less Energy Than the Incident

question 15

Multiple Choice

A Compton-scattered X-ray photon has less energy than the incident photon.The scattered photon therefore

• A)has the same wavelength as the incident photon.
• B)has a longer wavelength than the incident photon.
• C)has a shorter wavelength than the incident photon.
• D)cannot be assigned a wavelength.
• E)has none of these wavelengths.

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