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Compton Scattering Using a Scintillation Counter

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Calibrate a sodium iodide scintillation counter and multichannel analyzer system using standard gamma ray sources. Measure the energies of gamma rays scattered at various angles from a target and use these to determine the mass of the elementary particle from which the gamma rays are scattered.
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Last Updated: 07/17/01