clc(); clear; //Given : ME = 35*10^3 ; //Maximum energy in eV theta = %pi; // photon is backscattered h = 6.625*10^-34; //planck's constant in Js m0 = 9.1*10^-31; //electron mass in Kg c = 3*10^8; //Speed of light in m/s deltalambda = (h*(1-cos(theta)))/(m0*c); // in A // (h*c/lambda) - (h*c/lambda') = 35 KeV or (deltalambda/lambda*lambda1) = (35 KeV/h*c) //Simplifying the above Equation , we will obtain : lambda^2 + 0.048 lambda - 0.017 //Roots of the quadratic equation are : values = [-0.017,0.048,1]; // a,b,c values of the quadratic equation equation = poly(values,'lamb','coeff'); //quadratic equation r = roots(equation); //Roots of the final equation printf("Incident photon wavelength in Compton scattering is %.2f A",r(2));