5 Gamma rays
Gamma rays interact with matter in very complicated ways. The three main modes of interaction are -
- Photoelectric effect
- Pair production
- Compton scattering
Compton scattering
Compton scattering is elastic scattering of a photon by an electron.
Momentum and energy are conserved.
All angles of scattering are possible -
[latex]E_2 = \frac{E_1 E_{\epsilon}}{E_1(1-cos \theta) + E_{\epsilon}}[/latex]
Based on the equations for energy conservation and momentum conservation, students should be able to derive the result for [latex]E_2[/latex], as well as other important quantities, such as maximum scattered energy.
Additional notes
- Trinity College Dublin - PY2P20 Quantum Physics
- University of Florida - PHY 4803L Advanced Physics Laboratory
- Rochester Institute of Technology - PHYS314 Introduction to modern physics
- MIT Open Courseware - Physical chemistry
- MIT Open Courseware - Principles of chemical science
- Open Yale Courses - PHYS201 Fundamentals of physics II
- UIUC - NPRE402 Nuclear power engineering
- MIT Open Courseware - Principles of radiation interactions
- Michigan State University - CEM 485 Modern nuclear chemistry
- University of Washington - Physics 575 Nuclear physics: Sources, detectors, and safety
- University of Wisconsin - Physics 407 advanced laboratory
