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Thomson scattering comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
Compton scattering	scattering	Scattering of a photon due to the Compton effect (see also noncoherent scattering).
Thomson scattering	Compton scattering	The limit of Compton scattering at low energies.

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