Mössbauer effect

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The recoilless emission of gamma rays by radioactive nuclei of crystalline solids, and the subsequent absorption of the emitted rays by other nuclei.

[After Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (born 1929), German physicist.]

Mössbauer effect [ˈmɒsˌbaʊə (German) ˈmœsbauər]

(Physics / General Physics) Physics the phenomenon in which an atomic nucleus in a crystal of certain substances emits a gamma ray without any recoil to the atom. The study of the emitted gamma rays (Mössbauer spectroscopy) is used to determine the energy levels in a nucleus, the structure of molecules, etc.

[named after Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (born 1929), German physicist]

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