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| Jul 3, 2018 at 0:27 | comment | added | Árpád Szendrei | Sorry, but both Compton and Thomson is wrong for this case. Compton scattering and Thomson scattering is when the wavelength is small compared to the atoms. Rayleigh scattering is when the wavelength is big compared to the atoms. For visible light (which the question is about), 400-700nm is bigger then the atoms. | |
| Jul 2, 2018 at 21:52 | comment | added | safesphere | @PeterDiehr "Thomson scattering is the elastic scattering of electromagnetic radiation by a free charged particle, as described by classical electromagnetism. It is just the low-energy limit of Compton scattering" - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_scattering | |
| Jul 2, 2018 at 20:52 | comment | added | Peter Diehr | @safesphere: but coherent transmission thru transparent material is modeled on Thomson scattering, not Compton scattering! | |
| Jul 2, 2018 at 19:01 | comment | added | safesphere | A photon scattering is a process of absorption and reemission. For example, in the Compton scattering of a photon on an electron, the process is mediated by a virtual electron that carries the energy of the absorbed photon from the point of absorption to the point of emission of a new photon. You can clearly see this in the Feinmann's diagrams here: redberry.cc/documentation:tutorials:compton_scattering_in_qed | |
| Jul 2, 2018 at 18:37 | history | answered | Árpád Szendrei | CC BY-SA 4.0 |