NASA scientists have finally pinpointed the source of mysterious radiation from a supermassive black hole, solving a puzzle ...

NASA’s IXPE identifies the source of X-rays in the black hole jet of galaxy 3C 84, confirming inverse Compton scattering and ...

Between January and March, IXPE locked its gaze on the Perseus Cluster, a colossal gathering of galaxies wrapped in gas as ...

Two composite images show side-by-side observations of the Perseus Cluster from NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry ...

Compton scattering, whereby high‐energy photons interact with nucleons, serves as a pivotal probe into the structure of matter. This process not only facilitates a direct investigation into the ...

Particle physicists in the US have gained new insights into what happens when a high-energy photon scatters inelastically off a proton. According to perturbative quantum chromodynamics, the momentum ...

Schematics of the all-optical nonlinear Compton scattering experiment showing laser-driven electron acceleration, electron-laser collision, and Compton scattering to produce gamma rays. In a ...

Compton scattering tomography (CST) is an advanced imaging technique that utilises the deflection of X‐rays—arising from photon–electron interactions—to reconstruct the electron density distributions ...

Light can be used to knock electrons out of atoms, with light particles and electrons bouncing off each other like two billiard balls - Compton scattering. Why electrons can even be ejected from an ...