Calculate the numerical value of the wavelength shift (in nanometres) when a photon…

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Problem

Calculate the numerical value of the wavelength shift

\Delta\lambda

(in nanometres) when a photon is scattered through an angle of

120^{\circ}

. Use the Compton wavelength of the electron

\lambda_c = 0.00243\,\text{nm}