English Explanatory Dictionary

Mössbauer effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the resonant and recoil-free emission and absorption of gamma rays by atoms in the solid state; the basis of a type of spectroscopy with applications in both physics and chemistry

Word forms

Mössbauer effect Mössbauer effects

Etymology

After Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist.

Synonyms

nuclear gamma resonance fluorescence
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