Module 2: Relativity and Electrodynamics
Lecture 7: relativistic kinematics
1. Compton scattering
Compton scattering
  • The momenta:
  • The energies:
(1)
  • Three non-trivial constraints from conservation of momentum (two) and conservation of energy (one). Four uknowns: Given any one of these four (usually ),the rest can be determined.