For sufficiently low energies, the evolution of the photon distribution function under this process can be described using th
For sufficiently low energies, the evolution of the photon distribution function under this process can be described using the Kompaneets equation, which includes this process's namesake y-parameter. The generalized equation for its differential cross-section is given by the Klein-Nishina formula, while the simple combination of Planck's constant over the particle mass times the speed of light gives the namesake wavelength. The shift in wavelength in this process is independent of the wavelength of the incident particle. Reducing in the non-relativistic limit to Thomson scattering, FTP name this effect, a type of scattering in which individual photons collide with single electrons.
For sufficiently low energies, the evolution of the photon distribution function under this process can be described using the Kompaneets equation, which includes this process's namesake y-parameter.
{Compton} effect or scattering or process (accept {inverse Compton})