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Consider a head-on, elastic collision between a massless photon(momentum po and energy Eo ) and a stationaryfree electron.

a) Assuming that the photon bounces directly back with momentump (in the direction of po ) and energy E, useconservation of energy and momentum to find p.

b) Verify that your answer agrees with that given by Compton'sformula with theta = pi.

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