Compton effect
English
Etymology
Named after American physicist Arthur Compton (1892–1962)Category:English eponyms#COMPTONEFFECT.
Noun
Compton effect (plural Compton effects)Category:English lemmas#COMPTONEFFECTCategory:English nouns#COMPTONEFFECTCategory:English countable nouns#COMPTONEFFECTCategory:English multiword terms#COMPTONEFFECTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COMPTONEFFECTCategory:Pages with entries#COMPTON%20EFFECTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COMPTON%20EFFECT
- (physicsCategory:en:Physics#COMPTONEFFECT) The increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the energy, of photons (especially of X-rays and gamma rays) when scattered by interaction with matter