A 1.3 MeV gamma-ray that Compton scattered in carbon did so with a scatter angle of 15°: What is the energy, wavelength and momemntum of the scattered photon.  What is the kinetic energy and momentum of the recoil electron? What was the average distance the 1.3 MeV traveled in the carbon prior to scattering?

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A 1.3 MeV gamma-ray that Compton scattered in carbon did so with a scatter angle of 15°:

What is the energy, wavelength and momemntum of the scattered photon. 

What is the kinetic energy and momentum of the recoil electron?

What was the average distance the 1.3 MeV traveled in the carbon prior to scattering?

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