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Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 was divided equally between Arthur Holly Compton "for his discovery of the effect named after him" and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson "for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour"
Arthur Holly Compton, American physicist and joint winner, with C.T.R. Wilson, of the 1927 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery and explanation of the change in the wavelength of X-rays when they collide with electrons in metals.
Arthur Compton discovered that light can behave as a particle as well as a wave, and he coined the word photon to describe this newly identified particle of light. Compton's discovery was one of the pivotal revelations that led physicists to conclude that objects once thought to be particles can behave.
When Arthur Compton directed X-ray photons onto a metal surface in 1922, electrons were emancipated and the X-rays’ wavelength increased because some of the incident photon energy was transferred to the electrons.
Arthur Compton and the mysteries of light. For nearly 20 years, Einstein’s quantum theory of light was disputed on the basis that light was a wave. In 1922 Compton’s x-ray scattering experiment proved light’s dual nature. Erik Henriksen.
Arthur Compton (1892-1962) was an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. A top administrator and advisor during the Manhattan Project, Compton played a key role in the making of the atomic bomb.
Mar 28, 2023 · 100 years ago, Arthur Compton measured a wavelength shift in an X-ray scattering experiment, which provided direct evidence for the particle theory of light.
Arthur Compton was the youngest of three boys. His eldest brother, Karl, became a well-known scientist, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences; he served the government and American science in ways too numerous to mention. The two brothers were close friends and Arthur spoke ...
Oct 8, 2019 · Arthur Compton, a former student of Millikan, decided he had heard enough of Millikan’s pronouncements about cosmic rays and everlasting creation and resolved to get into the cosmic ray business himself.
