Compton effect

In the Compton effect, a photon is scattered by an electron. The scattered photon has a lower energy than the original one. The effect is named after the American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892 – 1962).

History

The scattering experiments in 1923 by the American physicist Arthur Holly Compton provided proof of the particle nature of light.

Related concepts

• bremsstrahlung
• characteristic radiation
• electromagnetic radiation
• energy (photon)
• frequency
• pair production
• photoelectric effect
• photon
• scattering
• speed of light
• wavelength
• X-radiation