Tuesday, 29 October 2019

photon electron interaction such that the photon energy does not correspond to any state change


Although I've read answers to similar questions, they did not answer my doubt:



If a photon has an energy less than that required to move an electron from one energy level to another, then what happens when the electron and photon collide? Is the photon absorbed, or does it by some mysterious method, just pass through the electron?




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