Mössbauer effect

JUL 01, 1967

Recoil‐free gamma radiation is used to study relativistic effects, lattice dynamics and hyperfine interactions in solids. Problems encountered in such work are those of low‐energy nuclear physics and the need for a precise Doppler modulator.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034398

Gunther K. Wertheim

TODAY NEW DISCOVERIES in physics are rapidly assimilated. Although only nine years have passed since Rudolf Mössbauer submitted his first article, the Mössbauer effect is currently being used in many undergraduate physics laboratories, and four or five manufacturers are offering off‐the‐shelf Mössbauer spectrometers.

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Gunther K. Wertheim. Bell Labs.