Physics

Physics

Problem

An experimenter plots the measured wavelength shift Δλ\Delta\lambda of scattered X-ray photons against the quantity (1−cos⁡θ)(1 - \cos\theta). The best-fit line has a noticeably steeper slope than the accepted theoretical value. Describe what this implies about the experimenter’s calculated value of Planck’s constant relative to the accepted value.

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