Mössbauer effect: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	recoil-free gamma-ray resonance absorption

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Figure 1: Spectrometer utilizing Mössbauer effect concept Effect is usually observed by measuring transmission of gamma rays from radioactive source through absorber containing resonant isotope.

Figure 2: Plot of intensity of gamma ray flux passing through absorber as function of Doppler velocity applied to source; dip in centre is caused by nuclear resonant absorption.

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Topics

nuclear recoil Mössbauer effect Doppler-velocity spectrometer Mössbauer effect absorption spectrum Mössbauer effect thermal red-shift nuclear clock resonance absorption gamma ray Gamma-ray burst

Key People

Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer.

Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer

German physicist

Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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