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Page 106
... ( photons , or packets of electromagnetic energy , of extremely short wavelength ) are ra- diated . Gamma decay also includes two other electromagnetic processes , internal conversion and internal pair production . In internal con ...
... ( photons , or packets of electromagnetic energy , of extremely short wavelength ) are ra- diated . Gamma decay also includes two other electromagnetic processes , internal conversion and internal pair production . In internal con ...
Page 107
... photon passing near a nucleus sometimes produces a pair of electrons , one negative ( negatron ) , the other positive ( positron ) . Gamma - ray photons lose energy by being scattered from free electrons ( Compton effect ) or are ...
... photon passing near a nucleus sometimes produces a pair of electrons , one negative ( negatron ) , the other positive ( positron ) . Gamma - ray photons lose energy by being scattered from free electrons ( Compton effect ) or are ...
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... photon of the electromagnetic field . Gravitons , like photons , would be massless , electrically un- charged particles traveling at the speed of light and would be emitted only by highly acceler- ating , extremely massive objects such ...
... photon of the electromagnetic field . Gravitons , like photons , would be massless , electrically un- charged particles traveling at the speed of light and would be emitted only by highly acceler- ating , extremely massive objects such ...
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