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Compton scattering comparison table |
Subject | has definition |
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Sunyaev-Zel'dovich process | Compton scattering between the photons of the cosmic microwave background radiation and electrons in galaxy clusters. |
Thomson scattering | The limit of Compton scattering at low energies. |
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