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This document discusses the change in wavelength of a photon when it collides with a particle of momentum P. The momentum and energy equations for the photon-particle collision are shown. It is determined that the wavelength of the photon after collision (λ') depends on its initial wavelength (λ), the particle's momentum (P), and the photon and particle energies. For a specific example where the initial photon wavelength is 10.6 μm and energy is 1.00x1010 eV, the calculated final wavelength is 7.08x10-15 m. This demonstrates how infrared radiation can be converted to gamma rays via high-energy particle collisions.

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Problem38 81

This document discusses the change in wavelength of a photon when it collides with a particle of momentum P. The momentum and energy equations for the photon-particle collision are shown. It is determined that the wavelength of the photon after collision (λ') depends on its initial wavelength (λ), the particle's momentum (P), and the photon and particle energies. For a specific example where the initial photon wavelength is 10.6 μm and energy is 1.00x1010 eV, the calculated final wavelength is 7.08x10-15 m. This demonstrates how infrared radiation can be converted to gamma rays via high-energy particle collisions.

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38.

81: Momentum:

  
p  P  p  P   p  P   p  P
 p  P  ( p  P)
energy: pc  E  p c  E 
 p c  ( P c) 2  ( mc 2 ) 2
 ( pc  p c  E ) 2  ( P c) 2  (mc 2 ) 2
 ( Pc) 2  (( p  p)c) 2  2 P ( p  p)c 2  (mc 2 ) 2
( pc  pc) 2  E 2  E 2  ( pc  pc) 2  2( Pc 2 )( p  p)  2 Ec( p  p)  4 ppc 2  2 Ec( p  p)
 2( Pc 2 )( p  p)  0
 p( Pc 2  2 pc 2  Ec )  p ( Ec  Pc 2 )
Ec  Pc 2 E  Pc
 p  p p
2 pc  Ec  Pc
2 2
2 pc  ( E  Pc)
 2 hc λ  ( E  Pc )   E  Pc  2hc
 λ   λ   λ 
 E  Pc   E  Pc  E  Pc
(λ( E  Pc )  2hc )
 λ 
E  Pc
If
2
 mc 2 
E  mc , Pc 
2
E  (mc )  E 1  
2 2 2

 E 
 1  mc 2 
2

 E 1     
 2 E  
 
1 (mc 2 ) 2
 E  Pc 
2 E
λ(mc 2 ) 2 hc hc  m 2c 4λ 
 λ1    1  
2 E (2 E ) E E  4hcE 
b) If λ  10.6  10 6 m, E  1.00  100 eV  1.60  10 9 J
hc  (9.11  10 31 kg) 2 c 4 (10.6  10 6 m) 
 λ   1  
1.60  10 9 J  4hc (1.6  10 9 J ) 

 (1.24  10 16 m)(1  56.0)  7.08  10 15 m.


c) These photons are gamma rays. We have taken infrared radiation and converted it into
gamma rays! Perhaps useful in nuclear medicine, nuclear spectroscopy, or high energy
physics: wherever controlled gamma ray sources might be useful.

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