Pound and Rebka experiment debunked by Compton effect (in addition to Vasile Effect)
In this gravitational redshift experiment a gamma ray is send through a helium bag to an iron target and a gammaray detector, which are placed below it in air. Because the iron only absorbs the gammaray at a certain wavalength, if the wavelength changes, it will not absorb it, and it will go through it and in the detector. So if the gammaray passes through the iron target and gets detected it means that it was shifted by gravity, just as Einstein predicted. (actually it doesn't mean that)
The reason why they used a helium bag was 'to minimise scattering'.
By scattering they reffer to Compton scattering which affects both Xrays and gammarays, which get redshifted in the process (but of course they forgot to mention this small detail !) This scattering is more likely to happen in air than in helium, which has a lower electron density and smaller chance of scattering.
Then, why did they leave the detector and metal target in open air ? The reason is to maximise scattering, right before the gammaray reached the metal target. So that it could be scattered all over it and maximise the chance that it passed through it and reached the detector, so that they could claim it was shifted by gravity. But of course it was not shifted by gravity, but by scattering (and by refraction, but let's assume there was none). Basically, it was a classic scam, just like the other two tests of GR.
Note: in this experiment the so called 'gammaray' had an energy of 14.4 keV which coresponds to an Xray ! So in fact it was a Xray, not a gammaray (another confusion made by the two relative scientists).
https://tardigrade.in/question/an-electromagnetic-radiation-has-an-energy-14-4-kev-to-which-2x8wwbxp
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'Yes, X-rays can indeed scatter and refract simultaneously. When X-rays pass through a material, they can interact with the atoms in multiple ways. Scattering occurs when X-rays are deflected in different directions by the atoms, while refraction happens when X-rays change their path due to the change in speed as they enter a different medium. These interactions are fundamental to techniques like X-ray crystallography, which helps in determining the atomic structure of crystals.'
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