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Thermal Radiation. Quantum Nature of Light.

Problem 5.289

Find the wavelength of X-ray radiation if the maxımum kinetic energy of Compton electrons is \(T_{\max }=0.19 \mathrm{MeV}\).

Reveal Answer
λ=(2π/mc)(1+2mc2/Tmax1)=3.7pm\lambda=(2 \pi \hbar / m c)\left(\sqrt{1+2 m c^{2} / T_{\max }}-1\right)=3.7 \mathrm{pm}