Compton-recoil electron

(thing) by mental_calabi-yau Mon Feb 19 2001 at 16:18:25
An electron affected by Compton Scattering. This occurs when an electron is bombarded with a photon, causing the photon and the electron to be scattered in such a way as to help determine the initial location of the electron. The effect has been used to illustrate the wave-particle duality of light.
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