Re: Nuclear Isomer Decay: A Possibility for Breakthrough Space

[William Prestwich <prestwic@mcmail.cis.McMaster.CA>]

To see that the photon does indeed have momentum, consider Compton
scattering. The relationship between scattered energy and scattering angle
can only be easily understood in terms of photon momentum as described
here by others.
Bill Prestwich.
E-mail prestwic@mcmaster.ca

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