In a Compton scattering experiment, a photon of energy E is scattered from an electron at rest. Afterthe scattering event occurs, which of the followingstatements is true?

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The energy of the photon is less than E.

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None of those statements is true.

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The momentum of the photon increases.

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The frequency of the photon is greater than E/h.

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The wavelength of the photon is less than hc/E.

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