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1Compton Gamma Ray Observatory — General information NSSDC ID 1991 027B Organization NASA …
2Compton scattering — Light–matter interaction Low energy phenomena …
3Electron — For other uses, see Electron (disambiguation). Electron Experiments with a Crookes tube first demonstrated the particle nature of electrons. In this illustration, the profile of the cross shaped target is projected against the tube face at right… …
4Compton effect — Comp·ton effect käm(p) tən n the loss of energy and concomitant increase in wavelength of a usu. high energy photon (as of X rays or gamma rays) that occurs upon collision of the photon with an electron Compton Arthur Holly (1892 1962) American… …
5Arthur Compton — Infobox Scientist name = Arthur Holly Compton image size = caption = Arthur Holly Compton on the cover of Time magazine, January 13, 1936. birth date = birth date|mf=yes|1892|9|10 birth place = Wooster, Ohio, USA death date = death date and… …
6radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …
7radiation measurement — ▪ technology Introduction technique for detecting the intensity and characteristics of ionizing radiation, such as alpha, beta, and gamma rays or neutrons, for the purpose of measurement. The term ionizing radiation refers to those… …
8Photon — This article is about the elementary particle of light. For other uses, see Photon (disambiguation). Photon Photons emitted in a coherent beam from a laser Composition Elementary particle …
9atom — /at euhm/, n. 1. Physics. a. the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical… …
10BKS theory — The Bohr Kramers Slater (BKS) theory [N. Bohr, Collected Works, J. Kalckar, ed. North Holland, Amsterdam, etc., 1985, Vol. 5, pp. 3 216.] [J. Mehra and H. Rechenberg, The historical development of quantum theory, Springer Verlag, New York, etc.,… …
