A Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements¶
Compton. (1923). A Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements. Physical Review.
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- Momentum
- The same skeleton extends across all regimes of physics under spatial symmetry: in special relativity momentum becomes the spatial component of the four-momentum \((E/c, \mathbf{p})\), conserved in particle collisions with energy accounting for rest-mass-energy; in quantum mechanics momentum is a self-adjoint operator whose eigenstates are plane waves and whose eigenvalues are exactly what is conserved in elastic scattering; in fluid mechanics the Navier-Stokes equations are the momentum-balance equations for a continuous medium; in wave and particle physics photon momentum \(\hbar\mathbf{k}\) is transferred in Compton scattering and in radiation pressure
This sourceCompton's quantum theory of X-ray scattering, in which the change in momentum of the X-ray quantum appears as the recoil of the scattering electron and a radiation quantum carries momentum as well as energy.
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“The change in momentum of the X-ray quantum due to the change in its direction of propagation results in a recoil of the scattering electron.”
- The same skeleton extends across all regimes of physics under spatial symmetry: in special relativity momentum becomes the spatial component of the four-momentum \((E/c, \mathbf{p})\), conserved in particle collisions with energy accounting for rest-mass-energy; in quantum mechanics momentum is a self-adjoint operator whose eigenstates are plane waves and whose eigenvalues are exactly what is conserved in elastic scattering; in fluid mechanics the Navier-Stokes equations are the momentum-balance equations for a continuous medium; in wave and particle physics photon momentum \(\hbar\mathbf{k}\) is transferred in Compton scattering and in radiation pressure
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