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Compton Scattering Strengthens Light-Quantum Momentum Picture

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1923

Albert Einstein1923

Berlin · Science / Physics

The emerging evidence from Compton scattering gave strong experimental support to the energy-and-momentum properties of radiation quanta that Einstein had advocated for years.

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Albert Einstein

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