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A photon of wavelength λ = 6.0 pm is scattered at right angles by a stationary free electron. Find:

(a) the frequency of the scattered photon;

(b) the kinetic energy of the Compton electron.

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(a) From the Compton formula

(b) The kinetic energy of the scattered electron (in the frame in which the initial electron was stationary) is simply

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