Mössbauer effect

noun

Mössbauer effect

noun

Etymology After Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist.

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics 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

Synonyms: nuclear gamma resonance fluorescence, recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence

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