Experiment: The Photoelectric Effect and Compton Scattering

phenomenaexperimentsowedphenomenon 74.1: Ultraviolet light liberates negative charge from a clean metal surface74.1 Ultraviolet ligh…phenomenon 74.2: The maximum electron energy is fixed by the colour of the light and not by its intensity74.2 The maximum elec…phenomenon 74.3: Emission begins at once, however feeble the light74.3 Emission begins…phenomenon 74.4: The photoelectric slope determines Planck's constant74.4 The photoelectri…phenomenon 74.5: The shift depends on the scattering angle and on nothing else74.5 The shift depend…phenomenon 74.6: Energy and momentum balance in each individual scattering act74.6 Energy and momen…phenomenon 74.7: No classical field can give \alpha<1; the measured value is far below it74.7 No classical fie…experiment : Hertz and Hallwachs: ultraviolet light discharges a metalHertz and Hallwa…experiment : Lenard: the electron energy is independent of the intensityLenard: the elec…experiment : Millikan: a direct photoelectric determination of Planck's constantMillikan: a dire…experiment : Compton: the wavelength shift of scattered X-raysCompton: the wav…experiment : Bothe and Geiger: coincidence of scattered quantum and recoil electronBothe and Geiger…experiment : Grangier, Roger and Aspect: single-photon anticorrelation at a beamsplitterGrangier, Roger…pending : ch:07-exp-photoelectric-compton@pending-1pendingpending : ch:07-exp-photoelectric-compton@pending-2pendingpending : ch:07-exp-photoelectric-compton@pending-3pending
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