Compton wavelength
nounEtymology Coined by American physicist Arthur Holly Compton in 1923.
1
Of a particle, the wavelength of a photon whose energy is equivalent to that particle's rest energy.
Quantum mechanics
noun
Etymology Coined by American physicist Arthur Holly Compton in 1923.
Of a particle, the wavelength of a photon whose energy is equivalent to that particle's rest energy.
Quantum mechanics
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