"Compelling reasons have appeared that make me think the size of the electron is on the order of 10-12 m. Certainly, the avalanche of questions which still remain unanswered continues. Most importantly: Why is the Compton effect only reliably registered during the use of x-ray photons? You guessed it - The radius of an x-ray photon is almost equal to the radius of an electron."
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