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Compton scattering
subject			fact

Compton scattering	has antonym inverse Compton effect
	has definition Decrease in the frequency of high-energy radiation (such as X-rays) caused when a photon loses some of its energy to a free electron by collision.
	has definition The scattering of photons by free electrons in an ionized medium.
	has definition Scattering of a photon due to the Compton effect (see also noncoherent scattering).
	is a kind of scattering
radiation direction modification	changes property direction
atomic process	has domain atomic physics
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence

Kinds of Compton scattering :

• Sunyaev-Zel'dovich process (2 facts) - Compton scattering between the photons of the cosmic microwave background radiation and electrons in galaxy clusters.
• Thomson scattering (2 facts) - The limit of Compton scattering at low energies.