Compton effect

scattering of photons off electrons in an atom
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Compton effect

Summary

Compton effect is a physical phenomenon[1]. It draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (physical_phenomenon category, ranking #97 of 138).[2]

Key Facts

  • Compton effect is credited with the discovery of Arthur Holly Compton[3].
  • Compton effect's video is recorded as Compton Effect.gif[4].
  • Compton effect's instance of is recorded as physical phenomenon[5].
  • Arthur Holly Compton is named after Compton effect[6].
  • Compton effect's GND ID is recorded as 4148252-9[7].
  • Compton effect's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85029463[8].
  • Compton effect's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11981956v[9].
  • Compton effect's subclass of is recorded as Compton scattering[10].
  • Compton effect's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00561179[11].
  • Compton effect's Commons category is recorded as Compton scattering[12].
  • Compton effect's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32928[13].
  • Compton effect's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1922-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Compton effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fclt[15].
  • Compton effect's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph561152[16].
  • Compton effect's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 539.756[17].
  • Compton effect's PSH ID is recorded as 3521[18].
  • Compton effect's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0019148[19].
  • Compton effect's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[20].
  • Compton effect's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Compton-effect[21].
  • Compton effect's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/electromagnetic-radiation/Compton-effect[22].
  • Compton effect's different from is recorded as Compton scattering[23].
  • Compton effect's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pz2tsyym[24].
  • Compton effect's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2087597[25].
  • Compton effect's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as effet-compton[26].
  • Compton effect's Quora topic ID is recorded as Compton-Scattering[27].

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Works and Contributions

Compton effect is credited with the discovery of Arthur Holly Compton[3].

Why It Matters

Compton effect draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (physical_phenomenon category, ranking #97 of 138).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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