petrushka.googol Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 What is the outcome of a collision between a photon and an electron ? Please opine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 You didn't said whether electron has to be free or bond to atom.. Here you have video summary of reactions between photons and electrons/atoms: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Momentum is conserved - photon momentum is well defined (and only depends on wavelength as a variable for the magnitude of the momentum). You can thus predict the outcome for a high energy photon hitting an elextron with a calculation based on Compton Scattering equations - or by using the momentum (relativistic) energy 4 vector and switching frames with lorentz transforms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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