The kinetic energy of the recoil electron:

The kinetic energy of the recoil electron is,

Er = h −¿h

Where, h is the energy of the incident photon and h is that of the scattered photon.

From equation (5), the change in wavelength in a Compton scattering is given by,

h
−¿  = ( 1−cosθ )
me c

h
⇒ c −¿ c = ( 1−cosθ )
❑ ❑ me c

h
⇒ 1 −¿ 1 = ( 1−cosθ )
❑ ❑ me c 2

1 1 1
⇒ −¿ = ( 1−cosθ )
h h me c 2

1 1 1
⇒ = + ( 1−cosθ )
h h me c 2
2
1 me c + h ( 1−cosθ )
⇒ =
h h me c 2

h me c 2
⇒ h=
me c 2+ h ( 1−cosθ )

h
⇒ h = 1+ h
( 1−cosθ )
me c2

h
⇒h=
1+ (1−cosθ )

h
Where, ¿ 2
me c

Hence, the kinetic energy of the recoil electron is,

Er = h −¿ h

h
¿h-
1+ (1−cosθ )
 1
¿ h [1 - ]
1+ (1−cosθ )

1+ (1−cosθ )−1
¿h [ ]
1+ ( 1−cosθ )

( 1−cosθ )
¿ h[ ]
1+ (1−cosθ )
2
2 sin θ /2
¿ h[ ]
1+ 2sin 2 θ/ 2
2
2 sin θ /2
E r=¿ h [
1+ 2sin 2 θ/2