2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/82676Real and virtual Compton scattering has been and will be an important tool to study the structure of hadronic systems. We summarize the status of real Compton scattering and give an outlook at the new theoretical and experimental developments in the field of virtual Compton scattering.13 pages, Latex, including 3 postscript figures; to appear in the proceedings of the Workshop on Virtual Compton Scattering, Clermont-Ferrand, June 26-29, 1996Nuclear TheoryGeneral introduction to Compton scatteringtext