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Originally Posted by Normandy6644
IG plasma, by definition, is not full of bound electrons but rather free particles. A photon hitting an electron in the IG plasma causes a collision, Compton Scattering. The only way the photon loses energy is if its direction is changed as a result of the collision. There is no absorption or emission taking place.
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Compton applies to bound electrons, can you apply it to a 'free' electron in plasma? |
No, but Lyndon claims you can, because he believes the free electrons in plasma are somehow bound to the plasma in the same way as they are bound in a crystaline lattice. (if you haven't gotten that far in the thread yet.) He's was asked in the other thread to provide a QM workup for his claims (to show it was possible), but he never produced one. |
lyndonashmore never claimed that Compton has anything to do with this interaction. He has specifically argued against it.
Normandy6644 claims that Comtpon effect is involved in free-electron collisions. This seems wrong.