In a Compton scattering experiment the incident photon has wavelength and the…

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Problem

In a Compton scattering experiment the incident photon has wavelength

\lambda

and the scattered photon has wavelength

\lambda'

. Show that the fraction of the *incident* photon energy that is transferred to the electron is given by

\frac{\lambda' - \lambda}{\lambda'}